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The mean of 5 observations is 4.4 and variance is 8.24. If three of the five observations are 1,2 and 6 , then the values of other two observations are
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: Let the other two observations are 
and 
.
(Mean)
Now, variance 
(Using (i))
or 
or 
(Using (i))
Other observations are 9,4
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