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Let the mean and standard deviation of marks of class A of 100 students be respectively 40 and
(
, and the mean and standard deviation of marks of class B of
students be respectively 55 and 30
. If the mean and variance of the marks of the combined class of
studants are respectively 50 and 350, then the sum of variances of classes
and
is :
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