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Statistics & DataSuperchallengeCenter and Spread

Center and Spread · Superchallenge problem

Twelve numbers x1,…,x12x_1, \ldots, x_{12} have sample variance s2=6s^2 = 6. For each of the 6666 pairs i<ji < j, the squared difference (xi−xj)2(x_i - x_j)^2 is computed. What is the sum of these 6666 squared differences?