Let $\mu$ be the mean and $\sigma$ be the standard deviation of the distribution
| ${x_i}$ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ${f_i}$ | $k + 2$ | $2k$ | ${k^2} - 1$ | ${k^2} - 1$ | ${k^2} + 1$ | $k - 3$ |
where $\sum f_{i}=62$. If $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$, then $\left[\mu^{2}+\sigma^{2}\right]$ is equal to :
Solution
We have, $\Sigma f_i=62$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \left.(K+2)+2 K+\left(K^2-1\right)\right)+\left(K^2-1\right)+\left(K^2+1\right)+(K-3)=62 \\\\
& \Rightarrow 3 K^2+4 K-64=0 \\\\
& \Rightarrow (3 K+16)(K-4)=0 \\\\
& \Rightarrow K=4 \quad
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$\left(\because k=\frac{-16}{3} \text { is not possible }\right)$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{array}{|r|c|c|c|}
\hline x_i & f_i & f_i x_i & f_i x_i^2 \\
\hline 0 & 6 & 0 & 0 \\
1 & 8 & 8 & 8 \\
2 & 15 & 30 & 60 \\
3 & 15 & 45 & 135 \\
4 & 17 & 68 & 272 \\
5 & 1 & 5 & 25 \\
\hline \text { Total } & 62 & 156 & 500 \\
\hline
\end{array}
$$
<br/><br/>$\mu=\frac{\Sigma f_i x_i}{\Sigma f_i}=\frac{0+8+30+45+68+5}{62}=\frac{156}{62}$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
\sigma^2= & \frac{\Sigma f_i x_i^2}{\Sigma f_i}-\left(\frac{\Sigma f_i x_i}{\Sigma f_i}\right)^2 \\\\
= & \frac{1 \times 8+4 \times 15+9 \times 15+16 \times 17+25 \times 1}{62}-\left(\frac{156}{62}\right)^2 \\\\
& =\frac{500}{62}-\left(\frac{156}{62}\right)^2=\frac{500}{62}-\mu^2
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \sigma^2+\mu^2=\frac{500}{62} \\\\
& \text { Hence, }\left[\sigma^2+\mu^2\right]=8
\end{aligned}
$$
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Statistics · Topic: Measures of Central Tendency
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