The mean and standard deviation of a set of $n_1$ observations are $\bar{x_1}$ and $s_1$ respectively , while the mean and standard deviation of another set of $n_2$ observations are $x_2$ and $s_2$ respectively. Show that the standard deviation of the combined set of $(n_1+n_2)$ observations is given by $S.D= \sqrt {\large\frac{n_1 (s_1)^2 +n_2 (s_2)^2}{n_1+n_2} +\frac{n_1n_2(\bar {x_1} -\bar {x_2} )^2}{(n_1+n_2)^2}}$

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