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JEE Main 6 April 2024, Shift 1, Maths Q18

Question 18 of 90 in this shift, Maths question 18 of 30, Section A.

The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation by mistake was taken 8 instead of 12. The correct standard deviation is

(1) $1.8$
(2) $\sqrt{3.96}$ Official answer
(3) $\sqrt{3.86}$
(4) $1.94$

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key.

Chapter: Statistics
Topic: Variance and SD
Idea tested: Correcting Incorrect Variance

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