Let $a, b, c, d$ and $e$ be the observations with mean $m$ and standard deviation $S$. The standard deviation of the observations $a+k, b+k, c+k, d+k$ and $e+k$ is

  • A
    $k S$
  • B
    $S+k$
  • C
    $\frac{S}{k}$
  • D
    $S$

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