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An industrial operations analyst monitors cycle times for two automated robotic arms, Arm 1 and Arm 2. Arm 1 completed 16 assembly cycles with a population variance of 20 seconds squared. Arm 2 completed 9 assembly cycles with a sample variance of 35 seconds squared. Assuming both robotic arms operate at the exact same mean cycle time

What is the population variance, in seconds squared, of the combined dataset of 25 assembly cycles?

  1. 23.20
  2. 24.00
  3. 24.60
  4. 25.00
  5. 25.40

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