If each observation of a raw data whose variance is $\sigma^2$ is multiplied by $\lambda$,then the variance of the new set is

  • A
    $\sigma^2$
  • B
    $\lambda^2 \sigma^2$
  • C
    $\lambda + \sigma^2$
  • D
    $\lambda^2 + \sigma^2$

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