Statistics-And-Probability Question 647

Question: One set containing five members has mean 8, variance 18 and the second set containing three members has mean 8 and variance 24. The variance of combined set of numbers is

Options:

24

B) 20.25

C) 22.25

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ {{\sigma }^{2}}=\frac{5.18+3.24}{5+3}+(8-8)\frac{15}{64}=1.26. $



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