The mean and variance of six observations are $6$ and $12$ respectively. If each observation is multiplied by $3$,then the new variance of the resulting observations is:

  • A
    $288$
  • B
    $36$
  • C
    $18$
  • D
    $108$

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The variance of the following continuous frequency distribution is
$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text{Class interval} & 0-4 & 4-8 & 8-12 & 12-16 \\ \hline \text{Frequency} & 2 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\ \hline\end{array}$

Let the Mean and Variance of five observations $x_1=1, x_2=3, x_3=a, x_4=7$ and $x_5=b$,where $a > b$,be $5$ and $10$ respectively. Then the Variance of the observations $n+x_n$ for $n=1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ is:

Find the mean and variance for the first $n$ natural numbers.

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The standard deviation of the following distribution is:
Class interval$0-10$$10-20$$20-30$$30-40$
Frequency$1$$3$$4$$2$

In an experiment with $15$ observations on $x$,we have $\sum x^2 = 2830$ and $\sum x = 170$. One observation that was $20$ was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value $30$. The corrected variance is:

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