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The variance of observations is . If each observation is multiplied by and then is subtracted from it, then the variance of the new data is
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Let the observations be and the mean be .
From the given data,
Variance , the number of observations .
Variance
Each observation is multiplied by and then is subtracted.
Let the new observations be .
The new variance
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New variance
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