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QJEEM23Ma013f: JEE Main 2023 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM23Ma013f Solution: Let sets A and B have 5 elements each. Let the mean of the…

Let sets A and B have 5 elements each. Let the mean of the elements in sets A and B be 5 and 8 respectively and the variance of the elements in sets A and B be 12 and 20 respectively. A new set C of 10 elements is formed by subtracting 3 from each element of A and adding 2 to each element of B. Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of C is ___________.

Multiple Choice Options

  • A 36
  • B 40
  • C 38
  • D 32

Step-by-Step Verified Solution

To solve this problem, let's break it down step by step :

Step 1 : Determine the mean of set C

The mean of set A = 55

The mean of set B = 88

After subtracting 3 from each element in set A, the new mean becomes 5−3=25 - 3 = 2 . After adding 2 to each element in set B, the new mean becomes 8+2=108 + 2 = 10 .

When we combine both modified sets to form set C, the mean of set C is the weighted average of the means of these modified sets:

Mean of C = 5×2+5×1010=10+5010=6\frac{5 \times 2 + 5 \times 10}{10} = \frac{10 + 50}{10} = 6

Step 2 : Determine the variance of set C

Variance is defined as the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean. One property of variance is that, if you add (or subtract) a constant from each data point in a set, the variance of the set does not change.

Thus, the variance of the elements in set A remains 1212 even after subtracting 3 from each element, and the variance of the elements in set B remains 2020 even after adding 2 to each element.

Now, when combining variances from two datasets into one :

Variance of C

= n1×Variance of A+n1×(Mean of modified A−Mean of C)2+n2×Variance of B+n2×(Mean of modified B−Mean of C)2n1+n2\frac{n_1 \times \text{Variance of A} + n_1 \times (\text{Mean of modified A} - \text{Mean of C})^2 + n_2 \times \text{Variance of B} + n_2 \times (\text{Mean of modified B} - \text{Mean of C})^2}{n_1 + n_2}

Given :

n1=n2=5n_1 = n_2 = 5

Variance of A = 1212 , Variance of B = 2020

Mean of modified A = 22 , Mean of modified B = 1010 , Mean of C = 66

Plugging in the values, we get :

Variance of C = 5×12+5×(2−6)2+5×20+5×(10−6)210\frac{5 \times 12 + 5 \times (2 - 6)^2 + 5 \times 20 + 5 \times (10 - 6)^2}{10}

Variance of C = 60+80+100+8010=32010=32\frac{60 + 80 + 100 + 80}{10} = \frac{320}{10} = 32

Step 3 : Sum of the mean and variance of set C

Sum = Mean of C + Variance of C = 6+32=386 + 32 = 38

So, the correct answer is :

Option C : 38.

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