Increasing the number of measurements will decrease the standard deviation increase the systematic error increase the random error

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Increasing the number of measurements will

  1. decrease the standard deviation
  2. increase the systematic error
  3. increase the random error

a) 1 & 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 & 3
d) 2 only
e) 1, 2, & 3
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