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((x1 - 5)^2 + (x2 - 5)^2 + (x3 - 5)^2 + (x4 - 5)^2)/4 = \((\sqrt{2})2\)


why is the S.D value under square root?
can you clarify, whether the S.D formula is it different from
S.D = \(\sqrt{\frac{\sum(x-m)^2}{n}}\); where x is individual element, m is average/mean, n is the number of elements
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The average and standard deviation of x1, x2, x3, x4 is 5 and 2, respectively. What is the average of x1^2, x2^2, x3^2, x4^2?

A. 11
B. 17
C. 22
D. 27
E. 33


S.D = \(\sqrt{\frac{\sum(x-m)^2}{n}}\); where x is individual element, m is average/mean, n is the number of elements

2 = \(\sqrt{\frac{(x_1-5)^2+(x_2-5)^2+(x_3-5)^2+(x_4-5)^2}{4}}\)
squaring both sides,
4 = \(\frac{(x_1-5)^2+(x_2-5)^2+(x_3-5)^2+(x_4-5)^2}{4}\)
16 =\((x_1-5)^2+(x_2-5)^2+(x_3-5)^2+(x_4-5)^2\)
16 =\({x_1}^2+25-10*x_1+{x_2}^2+25-10*x_2+{x_3}^2+25-10*x_3+{x_4}^2+25-10*x_4\)
16 =\(({x_1}^2+{x_2}^2+{x_3}^2+{x_4}^2)+100-10*(x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4)\)
16 =\(({x_1}^2+{x_2}^2+{x_3}^2+{x_4}^2)+100-10*(20)\);sum of the four numbers is 20
116 = \({x_1}^2+{x_2}^2+{x_3}^2+{x_4}^2\)
\(\frac{{x_1}^2+{x_2}^2+{x_3}^2+{x_4}^2}{4}=\frac{116}{4}\)=29
I think option D needs to be changed to 29.


There was a mistake in the original problem.
The standard deviation is \(\sqrt{2}\), instead of 2.
It is fixed now. Sorry about the mistake.
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ArunSharma12 wrote:
MathRevolution wrote:
((x1 - 5)^2 + (x2 - 5)^2 + (x3 - 5)^2 + (x4 - 5)^2)/4 = \((\sqrt{2})2\)


why is the S.D value under square root?
can you clarify, whether the S.D formula is it different from
S.D = \(\sqrt{\frac{\sum(x-m)^2}{n}}\); where x is individual element, m is average/mean, n is the number of elements
Thanks


There was a mistake in the question.
It is fixed now.
Please take a look again.

Thank you.
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There was a mistake in the question.
It is fixed now.
Please take a look again.

Thank you.

Thanks, this clarifies the solution. :thumbup:
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