Given the Set A: {p, q, r, s, t}. Which of the following options will
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18 Dec 2024, 13:24
We are given the set $A={p,q,r,s,t}$; we need to check from the options that which of them is sufficient to find the standard deviation of set $A$
(A) S.D. of the set ${p+100,q+100,r+100,s+100,t+100}$ - is sufficient as if each term of a set of numbers is increased/decreased by a certain value, the standard deviation remains same. So, the standard deviation of the new set would be same as that of the original set.
(B) S.D. of the set ${100p,100q,100r,100 s,100t}$ - is sufficient as if each term of a set of numbers is multiplied by a certain value, the standard deviation also gets multiplied by the same number. For example if the standard deviation of the new set is $x$, the standard deviation of the original set should have been $x/100$.
(C) S.D. of the set ${p+100,2q+100,3r+100,4s+100,5t+100}-$ is insufficient to find the standard deviation of the original set as the increase in each term is not same.
(D) S.D. of the set $p2,q3,r4,s5,t6$ - is insufficient to find the standard deviation of the original set as the increase in each term is not the same.
Hence only statements (A) \& (B) are sufficient, so are correct.