Statistics-And-Probability Question 607

Question: The standard deviation of $ 9,16,23,30,37,44,51 $ is

Options:

A) 7

B) 9

C) 12

D) 14

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

[d] Standard deviation $ =\sigma =d\sqrt{\frac{n^{2}-1}{12}} $ d= size between each observation = 7 n= total number of observation = 7
$ \therefore \sigma =7\sqrt{\frac{{{(7)}^{2}}-1}{12}}=7\sqrt{\frac{49-1}{12}} $ $ =7\sqrt{\frac{48}{12}}=7\times 2=14 $