The standard deviation of a data is $6$ , when each observation is increased by $1$ , then the S.D. of the new data is

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Solution

The correct option is B $6$
If a constant, k, is added to each number in a set of data, the mean will be increased by k and the standard deviation will be unaltered (since the spread of the data will be unchanged).
Hence, S.D. of the new data = 6

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