JEE Main202229 Jul 2022Morning ShiftMathematicsStatisticsActual
Let the mean and the variance of 20 observations x 1 , x 2 , … x 20 be 15 and 9 , respectively. For α ∈ R , if the mean of x 1 + α 2 , x 2 + α 2 , … , x 20 + α 2 is 178 , then the square of the maximum value of α is equal to ______.
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Step-by-step solution
Given, Mean of observation is 15 , So ∑ x i 20 = 15 ⇒ ∑ x i = 15 × 20 = 300           ⋯ i Also variance is given as 9 So, ∑ x i 2 20 - ∑ x i 20 2 = 9           ⋯ ii ⇒ ∑ x i 2 20 - 15 2 = 9           ⋯ ii ⇒ ∑ x i 2 = 234 × 20 = 4680 Given mean of x 1 + α 2 , x 2 + α 2 , … , x 20 + α 2 is 178 So, ∑ x i + α 2 20 = 178 ⇒ ∑