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Q54Section C (Section C)54 of 60

MOM from summed squared distances

Suppose X1,…,X10,Y1,…,Y10X_1,…,X_{10},Y_1,…,Y_{10} are independent random variables, where Xi∼N(0,σ2)X_i\sim N(0,\sigma^2) and Yi∼N(0,3σ2)Y_i\sim N(0,3\sigma^2) for i=1,2,…,10i=1,2,…,10. The observables are D1,…,D10D_1,…,D_{10}, where DiD_i denotes the Euclidean distance between the points (Xi,Yi,0)(X_i,Y_i,0) and (0,0,5)(0,0,5) for i=1,2,…,10i=1,2,…,10. If the observed value of ∑i=110Di2\sum_{i=1}^{10}D_i^2 is equal to 10501050, then the method of moments estimate of σ2\sigma^2 is equal to __________ (answer in integer)

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