The mean and variance of $7$ observations are $8$ and $16,$ respectively. If five observations are $2, 4, 10,12,14,$ then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is 

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  • A

    $2$

  • B

    $4$

  • C

    $3$

  • D

    $1$

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