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Jee Main 2025Medium 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
  1. A. 9
  2. B. 5
  3. C. 7
  4. D. 4

Solution

The correct option is **C**. (C. 7)

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For a statistical data x1,x2,,x10x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{10} of 10 values, a student obtained the mean as 5.5 and i=110xi2=371\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
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