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Statistics & DataSuperchallengeCenter and Spread

Center and Spread · Superchallenge problem

For a data set x1,…,xnx_1, \ldots, x_n, let Q(c)=∑(xi−c)2Q(c) = \sum (x_i - c)^2. It is known that Q(2)=150Q(2) = 150, Q(5)=96Q(5) = 96 and Q(7)=100Q(7) = 100. Find the sample variance s2s^2 of the data.