Q. If the variance of $x = 9$ and regression equations are $4x - 5y + 33 = 0$ and 20$x - 9y - 10 = 0,$than the coefficient of correlation between $x\$and $y$ and the variance of $y$ respectively are

A) 0.6;16
B) 0.16;16
C) 0.3;4
D) 0.6;4
Explanation

(a)
Given, $\sigma_{x}^{2} = 9$
And lines of regression are
$4x - 5y + 33 = 0,20x - 9y - 10 = 0$
Ie, $y = \frac{4}{5}x + \frac{33}{5}and\ x = \frac{9}{20}y + \frac{10}{20}$
$\therefore$Regression coefficient are
$b_{yx} = \frac{4}{5}and\ b_{xy} = \frac{9}{20}$
Now, $b_{yx} = \frac{cov(x,y)}{\sigma_{x}^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow cov(x,y) = \frac{4}{5} \times 9 = \frac{36}{5}$
And $b_{xy} = \frac{cov(x,y)}{\sigma_{y}^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow \sigma_{y}^{2} = \frac{36}{5} \times \frac{20}{9} = 16$
Now, $p(x,y) = \frac{cov(x,y)}{\sigma_{x}\sigma_{y}} = \frac{36}{5 \times 3 \times 4} = 0.6$

Dr. Abubacker
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