Let the mean and the variance of $20$ observations $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{20}$ be $15$ and $9$,respectively. For $\alpha \in R$,if the mean of $(x_{1}+\alpha)^{2}, (x_{2}+\alpha)^{2}, \ldots, (x_{20}+\alpha)^{2}$ is $178$,then the square of the maximum value of $\alpha$ is equal to $...........$

  • A
    $0$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $4$

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