Jee Main 2025 — Medium JEE math MCQ
For a statistical data \(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{10}\) of 10 values, a student obtained the mean as 5.5 and \(\sum_{i=1}^{10} x_i^2 = 371\). He later found that he had noted two values in the data incorrectly as 4 and 5, instead of the correct values 6 and 8, respectively. The variance of the corrected data is
- A. 9
- B. 5
- C. 7
- D. 4
Solution
The correct option is **C**. (C. 7)
