Engineering
Mathematics
Measure of Dispersion
Question

Let the observations xi(1 ≤ I £ 10) satisfy the equations, ∑i=110(xi−5)=10  and  ∑i=110(xi−5)2=40 . If μ and λ are the mean and the variance of the observations, x1 – 3, x2 – 3, …… x10 – 3, then the ordered pair (μ, λ) is equal to :

(3, 6)

(6, 6)

(6, 3)

(3, 3)

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Solution

Mean  (xi−5)=Σ(xi−5)10=1∴λ={Mean(xi−5)}+2=3

μ=var(xi−5)=Σ(xi−5)210−Σ(xi−5)10=3