JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Measures of dispersion

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    The standard deviation of 25 numbers is 40. If each of the numbers is increased by 5, then the new standard deviation will be                                   [DCE 1995]

    A)                 40           

    B)                 45

    C)                 \[40+\frac{21}{25}\]

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    If each item of a data is increased or decreased by the same constant, the standard deviation of the data remains unchanged.


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