Consider the statistics of two sets of observations as follows :

  Size Mean Variance
Observation $I$ $10$ $2$ $2$
Observation $II$ $n$ $3$ $1$

If the variance of the combined set of these two observations is $\frac{17}{9},$ then the value of $n$ is equal to ..... .

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  • A

    $8$

  • B

    $10$

  • C

    $5$

  • D

    $15$

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