Find the unknown observations from the mean and variance, then the mean deviation
This type of question, asked 5 times: 26 Jun 2022, 11 Apr 2023, 4 Apr 2024, 4 Apr 2025, 28 Jan 2026 S1. All 5 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
26 Jun 2022
78The mean of the numbers is 6 and their variance is 6.8. If is the mean deviation of the numbers about the mean, then is equal to:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
11 Apr 2023
165Let the mean of 6 observation 1, 2, 4, 5, and be 5 and their variance be 10 . Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal toTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
4 Apr 2024
73Let . Let the mean and the variance of 6 observations , a, b be 2 and 23, respectively. The mean deviation about the mean of these 6 observations is:Tap an option to check your answer.
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4 Apr 2025
145Let the mean and the standard deviation of the observation be 4 and respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mode of these observations is :Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
28 Jan 2026 S1
65The mean and variance of 10 observations are 9 and 34.2 , respectively. If 8 of these observations are , then the mean deviation about the median of all the 10 observations isTap an option to check your answer.