Let $X$ be the random variable taking values $1, 2, \ldots, n$ for a fixed positive integer $n$. If $P(X=k) = \frac{1}{n}$ for $1 \leq k \leq n$,then the variance of $X$ is

  • A
    $\frac{n^2-1}{12}$
  • B
    $\frac{n^2+1}{12}$
  • C
    $\frac{n^2-1}{6}$
  • D
    $\frac{(n+1)(n+2)}{6}$

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