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Let the mean and variance of observations be and respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as and instead of and respectively. If the correct variance is , where and are coprime, then are coprime, then is equal to
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Given,
The mean and variance of observations be and respectively,
So, mean will be,
Now removing the observation and adding the observation ,
So, the new total sum of the observation will be,
Now new mean will be,
Now using the formula of the variance we get,Now removing and adding we get,
New varianceNow on comparing with we get,
and
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