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JEE Main 2025Statistics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2025 (29 Jan Shift 1)

Question

Let be ten observations such that , and their variance is . If and are respectively the mean and the variance of , , then is equal to :

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A100

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$\begin{aligned} & \sum_{l=1}^{10}\left(x_l-2\right)=30 \\ & \sum_{i=1}^{10} x_l=50 \\ & \Rightarrow \text { Mean }=5 \\ & \text { Variance }=\frac{4}{5}=\frac{\sum x_l^2}{10}-(\bar{x})^2 \\ & \frac{4}{5}=\frac{\sum x_l^2}{10}-25 \\ & \Rightarrow \sum x_l^2=258 \end{aligned}$ Now, $\begin{aligned} & \sum_{l=1}^{10} x_l^2-2 \beta \sum_{l=1}^{10} x_l+10 \beta^2=98 \\ & \Rightarrow 258-2 \beta(50)+10 \beta^2=98 \\ & \Rightarrow 10 \beta^2-100 \beta+160=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \beta^2-10 \beta+16=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \beta=8 \text { as } \beta>2 \end{aligned}$ Now, as per the question Can be simplified as

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