One set containing five numbers has mean $8$ and variance $18$,and the second set containing $3$ numbers has mean $8$ and variance $24$. Then the variance of the combined set of numbers is

  • A
    $42$
  • B
    $20.25$
  • C
    $18$
  • D
    None of these

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