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QJEEM22Ma2435: JEE Main 2022 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM22Ma2435 Solution: The mean and standard deviation of 40 observations are 30 and 5 …

The mean and standard deviation of 40 observations are 30 and 5 respectively. It was noticed that two of these observations 12 and 10 were wrongly recorded. If σ\sigma is the standard deviation of the data after omitting the two wrong observations from the data, then 38σ238 \sigma^{2} is equal to ___________.

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μ=∑xi40=30⇒∑xi=1200\mu = {{\sum {{x_i}} } \over {40}} = 30 \Rightarrow \sum {{x_i} = 1200}

σ2=∑xi240−(30)2=25⇒∑xi2=37000{\sigma ^2} = {{\sum {x_i^2} } \over {40}} - {(30)^2} = 25 \Rightarrow \sum {x_i^2 = 37000}

After omitting two wrong observations

∑yi=1200−12−10=1178\sum {{y_i} = 1200 - 12 - 10 = 1178}

∑yi2=37000−144−100=36756\sum {y_i^2 = 37000 - 144 - 100 = 36756}

Now σ2=∑yi238−(∑yi38)2{\sigma ^2} = {{\sum {y_i^2} } \over {38}} - {\left( {{{\sum {{y_i}} } \over {38}}} \right)^2}

=3675638−(117838)2=−312= {{36756} \over {38}} - {\left( {{{1178} \over {38}}} \right)^2} = - {31^2}

=38σ2=36756−36518=238= 38{\sigma ^2} = 36756 - 36518 = 238

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