Let $X_{1}, X_{2}, \ldots, X_{18}$ be eighteen observations such that $\sum_{i=1}^{18}(X_{i}-\alpha)=36$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{18}(X_{i}-\beta)^{2}=90$,where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are distinct real numbers. If the standard deviation of these observations is $1$,then the value of $|\alpha-\beta|$ is ...... .

  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $5$

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