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Let $X_1, X_2, X_3$ are three independent and identically distributed random variables with mean $\mu$ and variance $\sigma^2$. Given below are 3 different formulations of sample mean. (Observe that $E[A]=E[B]=E[C]$ ).

$$
\begin{aligned}
& A=\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3}{3} \\
& B=0.1 X_1+0.3 X_2+0.6 X_3 \\
& C=0.2 X_1+0.3 X_2+0.5 X_3
\end{aligned}
$$


Choose the correct option from the following:

  1. $\operatorname{Var}(A)=\operatorname{Var}(B)=\operatorname{Var}(C)$
     
  2. $\operatorname{Var}(A) \geq \operatorname{Var}(B) \geq \operatorname{Var}(C)$
     
  3. $\operatorname{Var}(A) \leq \operatorname{Var}(B) \leq \operatorname{Var}(C)$
     
  4. $\operatorname{Var}(A) \leq \operatorname{Var}(C) \leq \operatorname{Var}(B)$

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Let $X_1, X_2, X_3 \sim$ i.i.d. $X$, where $E[X]=\mu, \operatorname{Var}(X)=\sigma^2$

$$
\begin{aligned}
\operatorname{Var}(A) & =\operatorname{Var}\left(\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3}{3}\right) \\
& =\frac{1}{9}\left(\operatorname{Var}\left[X_1\right]+\operatorname{Var}\left[X_2\right]+\operatorname{Var}\left[X_3\right]\right) \\
& =\frac{1}{9}\left(3 \sigma^2\right)=\frac{\sigma^2}{3}
\end{aligned}
$$

$$
\begin{aligned}
\operatorname{Var}(B) & =\operatorname{Var}\left(0.1 X_1+0.3 X_2+0.6 X_3\right) \\
& =0.01 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_1\right]+0.09 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_2\right]+0.36 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_3\right] \\
& =0.46 \sigma^2
\end{aligned}
$$

$$
\begin{aligned}
\operatorname{Var}(C) & =\operatorname{Var}\left(0.2 X_1+0.3 X_2+0.5 X_3\right) \\
& =0.04 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_1\right]+0.09 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_2\right]+0.25 \operatorname{Var}\left[X_3\right] \\
& =0.38 \sigma^2
\end{aligned}
$$

Therefore, $\operatorname{Var}(B) \geq \operatorname{Var}(C) \geq \operatorname{Var}(A)$.
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