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The mean and variance of the random variable X are 5.8 and 3.1, respectively. The random variable S is the sum of three independent values of X. The independent random variable T is defined by T=3X+2.

Find the mean and variance of S-T.

Important Questions on Linear Combinations of Random Variables

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A data consists of n observations: x1, x2,  , xn. If i=1nxi+12=9n and i=1nxi-12=5n, then the standard deviation of this data is
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A student scores the following marks in five tests: 45,54,41,57,43. His score is not known for the sixth test. If the mean score is 48 in the six tests, then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests is
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All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace marks of 10 to each of the students. Which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the grace marks were given ?
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Let x¯M and σ2 be respectively the mean, mode and variance of n observations x1, x2,...., xn and di=-xi-a, i=1, 2,...., n, where a is any number.

Statement I: Variance of d1, d2,..., dn is σ 2 .

Statement II: Mean and mode of d1, d2,...., dn are -x¯-a and -M-a, respectively.

MEDIUM
The mean and variance for seven observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If 5 of the observations are 2,4,10,12,14, then the product of the remaining two observations is
HARD
If the variance of the first n natural numbers is 10 and the variance of the first m even natural numbers is 16, then the value of  m+n is equal to
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The mean and variance of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation was 11, then the correct variance is
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If i=19xi5=9 and i=19xi52=45, then the standard deviation of the 9 items x1, x2,.,x9 is
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The mean of 5 observations is 5 and their variance is 12.4. If three of the observations are 1,2 & 6; then the value of the remaining two is :
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If the data x1,x2,x10 is such that the mean of first four of these is 11, the mean of the remaining six is 16 and the sum of squares of all of these is 2000, then the standard deviation of this data is:
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Let the observation xi1i10 satisfy the equations  i=110xi-5=10, i=110xi-52=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
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The mean and the variance of five observations are 4 and 5.20, respectively. If three of the observations are 3,4 and 4; then the absolute value of the difference of the other two observations, is :
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The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10 observations are 20 and 2 respectively. Each of these 10 observations is multiplied by p and then reduced by q, where p0 and q0. If the new mean and new s.d. become half of their original values, then q is equal to
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The mean and variance of 8 observations are 10 and 13.5, respectively. If 6 of these observations are 5,7,10,12,14,15, then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is :
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If the variance of the terms in an increasing A.P., b1b2,b3,..,b11 is 90, then the common difference of this A.P. is
 
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If the standard deviation of the numbers 2, 3, a and 11 is 3.5, then which of the following is true ?
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The sum of 100 observations and the sum of their squares are  400 & 2475, respectively. Later on, three observations 3, 4 & 5 were found to be incorrect. If the incorrect observations are omitted, then the variance of the remaining observations is
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The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 3, then what is the new variance of the resulting observations?