JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Mean

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    If the arithmetic mean of the numbers \[{{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}},{{x}_{3}},\,......,\,{{x}_{n}}\] is \[\bar{x}\], then the arithmetic mean of numbers \[a{{x}_{1}}+b,\,a{{x}_{2}}+b,\,a{{x}_{3}}+b,\,........,a{{x}_{n}}+b\], where a, b are two constants would be

    A)                 \[\bar{x}\]              

    B)                 \[n\,a\bar{x}+nb\]

    C)                 \[a\bar{x}\]            

    D)                 \[a\bar{x}+b\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                       Required mean \[=\frac{(a{{x}_{1}}+b)+(a{{x}_{2}}+b)+.....+(a{{x}_{n}}+b)}{n}\]                    \[=\frac{a({{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+.....+{{x}_{n}})+nb}{n}=a\bar{x}+b,\]                                                                 \[\left( \because \ \ \ \frac{{{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+.....+{{x}_{n}}}{n}=\bar{x} \right)\].


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