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Question

Which has more standard deviation?
Set 1 : {10, 20, 30, 40, 50} or
Set 2 : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

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Set 1
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Set 2
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Equal
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Solution

The correct option is A Set 1
Values of set 1 is 10 times that of set 2.So, Mean of set 1 = 10 times mean of set 2.Let xi and ¯x denote the elementsand mean of set 1 respectively.And yi and ¯y denote the elements and mean of set 2 respectively.SD of set 1 =  Ni=1(xi¯x)2N=  N102 i=1(yi¯y )2N=10   N i=1(yi¯y )2N=10 × SD of set 2Hence SD of set 1 is more.

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