The mean of $5$ observations is $15$ and variance is $9$. If two observations having values $-5$ and $13$ are combined with these observations,then what will be the new variance?

  • A
    $\frac{6259}{7}$
  • B
    $\frac{6259}{49}$
  • C
    $\frac{2659}{7}$
  • D
    $\frac{2659}{49}$

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