If each of given $n$ observations is multiplied by a certain positive number $'k'$, then for new set of observations -

  • A

    variance will be unchanged.

  • B

    new variance will be $k$ times old variance

  • C

    standard deviation will be unchanged.

  • D

    new standard deviation will be $k$ times old standard deviation

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