J & K CET Engineering J and K - CET Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    The standard deviation of the first n natural numbers is  

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

    B)  \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}\]

    C)  \[\sqrt{\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}}\]

    D)  \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}+1}{12}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Since,  \[\Sigma n=\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\] and \[\Sigma {{n}^{2}}=\frac{n(n+1)\,(2n+1)}{6}\] \[\therefore \] \[SD=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma {{x}^{2}}}{n}-{{\left( \Sigma \frac{x}{n} \right)}^{2}}}\] \[=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma {{n}^{2}}}{n}-{{\left( \frac{\Sigma n}{n} \right)}^{2}}}\] \[=\sqrt{\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6n}-{{\left( \frac{n+(n+1)}{2n} \right)}^{2}}}\] \[=\sqrt{\frac{(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}-\frac{{{(n+1)}^{2}}}{4}}\] \[=\sqrt{\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}}\]


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