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Let sets A and B have 5 elements each. Let the mean of the elements in sets A and B be 5 and 8 respectively and the variance of the elements in sets A and B be 12 and 20 respectively. A new set C of 10 elements is formed by subtracting 3 from each element of A and adding 2 to each element of B. Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of C is
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Options:
  • A 40
  • B 32
  • C 38
  • D 36
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The correct answer is: 38

Let the elements in set A be x1,x2,x3,x4,x5

Now given mean is=5

Now subtracting 3 from each term we get, 

New mean as x1-3,x2-3,x5-3=5-3=2

So, sum of elements will be 2×5=10

Also given variance,

VarX=12

Now we know that subtracting 3 from each term will not change the variance,

So, Varx1-3,x2-3,x5-3=12

xi-325-4=12

xi-32=80

Now let elements in set B be y1,y2y5

Given mean y1,y2y5=8

Now adding each element by 2 we get,

New mean y1+2,y2+2,y5+2=10

So, sum of elements will be 10×5=50

Also given Vary1,y2y5=20

Similarly new variance, 

Vary1+2,y2+2y5+2=20

yi+225-100=20

yi+22=120×5

Now finding, combined mean we get,

i=15xi-3+yi+210=10+5010=6

And combined variance =xi-32+yi+2210-62

=80+120×510-36=32

Hence, the sum of combined mean and variance will be 32+6=38

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