If each observation of a distribution with standard deviation $\sigma$ is increased by $\lambda$,find the variance of the new observations.

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

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