The standard deviation of the following distribution $\begin{aligned} \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline…

The standard deviation of the following distribution $\begin{aligned} \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{C.I.} & 0-6 & 6-12 & 12-18 \\ \hline f_{i} & 2 & 4 & 6 \\ \hline \end{array} \end{aligned}$ is
  1. $5 \sqrt{2}$
  2. $\sqrt {5}$
  3. $2\sqrt {5}$
  4. $20$

Solution

$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline C.I. & \mathbf{f}_{i} & \mathbf{x}_{i} & \mathbf{x}_{i}^{2} & \mathbf{f}_{i} \mathbf{x}_{i} & \mathbf{f}_{i} \mathbf{x}_{i}^{2} \\ \hline 0-6 & 2 & 3 & 9 & 6 & 18 \\ \hline 6-12 & 4 & 9 & 81 & 36 & 324 \\ \hline 12-18 & 6 & 15 & 225 & 90 & 1350 \\ \hline \text{Total} & 12 & & & 132 & 1692 \\ \hline \end{array}$ Here $\sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}=12, \sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} x_{\mathrm{i}}=132, \sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} x_{\mathrm{i}}^2=1692$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad \mathrm{V}(\mathrm{X}) & =\frac{1692}{12}-\left(\frac{132}{12}\right)^2 \\ & =141-121 \\ & =20 \end{aligned}$ $\therefore \quad$ Standard deviation $=\sqrt{20}=2 \sqrt{5}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (09 May Shift 1)

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