If 1 is added to first 10 natural numbers, then variance of the numbers so obtained is

If 1 is added to first 10 natural numbers, then variance of the numbers so obtained is
  1. 8.25
  2. 3.87
  3. 6.5
  4. 2.87

Solution

We have to find variance of numbers $2,3,4, \ldots ., 11$. Here $\overline{\mathrm{x}}=\frac{2+3+4+\ldots+11}{10}=\frac{65}{10}=6.5$ Variance $=\frac{\sum\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\overline{\mathrm{x}}\right)^2}{\mathrm{n}}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{\left[(-4.5)^2+(-3.5)^2+(-2.5)^2+(-1.5)^2+(-0.5)^2+(0.5)^2+(1.5)^2+(2.5)^2+(3.5)^2+(4.5)^2\right]}{10} \\ & =\frac{2(20.25+12.25+6.25+2.25+0.25)}{10}=\frac{41.25}{5}=8.25 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (20 Sep Shift 1)

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