JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - Statistics

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    Mean of the numbers \[1,2,3,...,n\] with respective weights \[{{1}^{2}}+1,\,\,{{2}^{2}}+2,\,\,{{3}^{3}}+3,\,\,...{{n}^{2}}+n\] is

    A) \[\frac{3n(n+1)}{2(2n+1)}\]

    B) \[\frac{2n+1}{3}\]

    C) \[\frac{3n+1}{4}\]

    D) \[\frac{3n+1}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Here for each \[{{x}_{i}}=i,\]
    weight \[{{w}_{i}}={{i}^{2}}+i\]
    Hence, the required mean
    \[=\frac{\sum{{{w}_{i}}{{x}_{i}}}}{\sum{{{w}_{i}}}}=\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{i({{i}^{2}}+i)}}{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{({{i}^{2}}+i)}}\]
    \[=\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{{{i}^{3}}}+\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{{{i}^{2}}}}{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{{{i}^{2}}}+\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{i}}\]
    \[=\frac{\frac{{{n}^{2}}{{(n+1)}^{2}}}{4}+\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}}{\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}+\frac{n(n+1)}{2}}\]
    \[=\frac{\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\left\{ \frac{n(n+1)}{2}+\frac{2n+1}{3} \right\}}{\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\left\{ \frac{2n+1}{3}+1 \right\}}\]
    \[=\frac{3{{n}^{2}}+7n+2}{2(2n+4)}=\frac{(3n+1)(n+2)}{4(n+2)}=\frac{3n+1}{4}\]


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