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Let `x_(1), x_(2), x_(3), x_(4), x_(5)` be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s. The standard deviation of the observations `kx_(1), kx_(2), kx_(3), kx_(4), kx_(5)` is :

A

k + s

B

`(s)/(k)`

C

ks

D

s

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