Consider a set of 3n numbers having variance 4. In this set, the mean of first 2n numbers is 6 and the mean of the remaining n numbers is 3. A new set is constructed by adding 1 into each of first 2n numbers, and subtracting 1 from each of the remaining n numbers. If the variance of the new set is k, then 9k is equal to __________.

Consider the statistics of two sets of observations as follows :

	Size	Mean	Variance
Observation I	10	2	2
Observation II	n	3	1

If the variance of the combined set of these two observations is $${{17} \over 9}$$, then the value of n is equal to ___________.

Let X₁, X₂, ......., X₁₈ be eighteen observations such
that $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({X_i} - } \alpha ) = 36$$ and $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({X_i} - } \beta {)^2} = 90$$, where $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ are distinct real numbers. If the standard deviation of these observations is 1, then the value of | $$\alpha$$ $$-$$ $$\beta$$ | is ____________.

If the variance of 10 natural numbers 1, 1, 1, ....., 1, k is less than 10, then the maximum possible value of k is ________.