BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    The variance of first \[n\]natural numbers is

    A) \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}+1}{12}\]                            

    B)  \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}\]

    C)  \[\frac{(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}\]

    D)         \[{{\left[ \frac{n(n+1)}{2} \right]}^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\bar{x}=\frac{1+2+3+...+n}{n}\] \[=\frac{(n+1)}{2}\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[{{\sigma }^{2}}=\frac{\sum {{({{x}_{i}})}^{2}}}{n}-{{(\bar{x})}^{2}}\]                                 \[=\frac{\sum {{n}^{2}}}{n}-{{\left( \frac{n+1}{2} \right)}^{2}}\]                 \[=\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6n}-{{\left( \frac{n+1}{2} \right)}^{2}}\]                                 \[=\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}\]


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