Let the mean and the variance of seven observations \( 2,\, 4,\, \alpha,\, 8,\, \beta,\, 12,\, 14 \), \( \alpha < \beta \), be \( 8 \) and \( 16 \) respectively. Then the quadratic equation whose roots are \( 3\alpha + 2 \) and \( 2\beta + 1 \) is:
\( x^{2} - 35x + 306 = 0 \)
\( x^{2} - 41x + 420 = 0 \)
\( x^{2} - 45x + 506 = 0 \)
\( x^{2} - 37x + 342 = 0 \)