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NDA 2025
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NDA
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2025
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Mathematics
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Statistics

NDA 2025 · Mathematics · Statistics

The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 5 is added to...

The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 5 is added to each observation and then divided by 20, then what will be the new standard deviation?

Options

  1. A0.250.25
  2. B0.50.5
  3. C0.750.75
  4. D1.001.00

Correct answer

B. 0.50.5

Step-by-step solution

Let the original observations be x1,x2,…,x100x_1, x_2, \dots, x_{100}.

The standard deviation of these observations is σx=10\sigma_x = 10.

The new observations are given by yi=xi+520=120xi+14y_i = \dfrac{x_i + 5}{20} = \dfrac{1}{20}x_i + \dfrac{1}{4}.

If a new variable is defined as yi=axi+by_i = ax_i + b, its standard deviation is given by σy=∣a∣σx\sigma_y = |a|\sigma_x.

Substituting a=120a = \dfrac{1}{20} and σx=10\sigma_x = 10:

σy=∣120∣×10=0.5\sigma_y = \left| \dfrac{1}{20} \right| \times 10 = 0.5

The new standard deviation is 0.50.5.

Answer: 0.50.5
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