If $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } {\left( {1 + {a \over x} + {b \over {{x^2}}}} \right)^{2x}} = {e^2}$$, then the value of $$a$$ and $$b$$, are

Consider the following statements:
(a) Mode can be computed from histogram
(b) Median is not independent of change of scale
(c) Variance is independent of change of origin and scale.
Which of these is/are correct?

In a series of 2n observations, half of them equal $$a$$ and remaining half equal $$–a$$. If the standard deviation of the observations is 2, then $$|a|$$ equals

Let $$\alpha ,\,\beta $$ be such that $$\pi < \alpha - \beta < 3\pi $$.
If $$sin{\mkern 1mu} \alpha + \sin \beta = - {{21} \over {65}}$$ and $$\cos \alpha + \cos \beta = - {{27} \over {65}}$$ then the value of $$\cos {{\alpha - \beta } \over 2}$$ :