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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