A fisherman is weighing each of 50 fishes. Their mean weight worked out is 50 gm and a standard deviation of 2.5 gm. Later it was found that the measuring scale was misaligned and always under reported every fish weight by 2.5 gm. Find the mean and standard deviation of fishes.

A fisherman is weighing each of 50 fishes. Their mean weight worked out is 50 gm and a standard deviation of 2.5 gm. Later it was found that the measuring scale was misaligned and always under reported every fish weight by 2.5 gm. Find the mean and standard deviation of fishes. Correct Answer 52.5,2.5

Since mean(X + b) = meanX + b and Var(X + b) = VarX, so we get correct mean as 50 + 2.5 = 52.5 gm and S.D. is 2.5 gm.

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