If the mean and the standard deviation of the data $3, 5, 7, a, b$ are $5$ and $2$ respectively,then $a$ and $b$ are the roots of the equation:

  • A
    $2x^{2}-20x+19=0$
  • B
    $x^{2}-10x+19=0$
  • C
    $x^{2}-10x+18=0$
  • D
    $x^{2}-20x+18=0$

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Consider the given data with frequency distribution:
$x_{i} = \{3, 8, 11, 10, 5, 4\}$
$f_{i} = \{5, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4\}$
Match each entry in List-$I$ to the correct entries in List-$II$.
List-$I$List-$II$
$(P)$ The mean of the above data is$(1) 2.5$
$(Q)$ The median of the above data is$(2) 5$
$(R)$ The mean deviation about the mean of the above data is$(3) 6$
$(S)$ The mean deviation about the median of the above data is$(4) 2.7$
$(5) 2.4$

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