13.Statistics
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If the variance of the frequency distribution is $3$ then $\alpha$ is ......

$X_i$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$ $6$ $7$ $8$
Frequency $f_i$ $3$ $6$ $16$ $\alpha$ $9$ $5$ $6$

 

A

$5$

B

$4$

C

$3$

D

$2$

(JEE MAIN-2023)

Solution

$x_i$ $f_i$ $d_i=x_i-5$ $f _{ i } d _{ i }^2$ $f _{ i } d _{ i }$
$2$ $3$ $-3$ $27$ $-9$
$3$ $6$ $-2$ $24$ $-12$
$4$ $16$ $-1$ $16$ $-16$
$5$ $\alpha$ $0$ $0$ $0$
$6$ $9$ $1$ $9$ $9$
$7$ $5$ $2$ $20$ $10$
$8$ $6$ $3$ $54$ $18$

$\sigma_{ x }^2=\sigma_{ d }^2=\frac{\sum f _{ i } d _{ i }^2}{\sum f _{ i }}-\left(\frac{\sum f _{ i } d _{ i }}{\sum f _{ i }}\right)^2$

$=\frac{150}{45+\alpha}-0=3$

$\Rightarrow 150=135+3 \alpha$

$\Rightarrow 3 \alpha=15 \Rightarrow \alpha=5$

Standard 11
Mathematics

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