JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main Sample Paper-10

  • question_answer
    The variance of first 30 natural numbers, is

    A)  74.92                   

    B)  37.98                

    C)  38.98                   

    D)  None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     We know that variance of n natural numbers is \[=\frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{x_{i}^{2}}-{{\left( \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{{{x}_{i}}} \right)}^{2}}\] Variance \[({{\sigma }^{2}})=\frac{1}{30}[{{1}^{2}}+{{2}^{2}}+...+{{30}^{2}}]\]                 \[=\frac{1}{30}\times \frac{30\times 31\times (2\times 30+1)}{6}-{{\left[ \frac{1}{30}\times \frac{30\times 31}{2} \right]}^{2}}\] \[=\frac{30\times 61}{6}-\frac{31\times 31}{4}\] \[=\frac{31\times 2\times 61-31\times 3\times 31}{12}\] \[=\frac{31}{12}[122-93]=\frac{31\times 29}{12}\] \[=\frac{899}{12}=74.916\]                          \[=74.92\]


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