Calculate new variance when sample size increases

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Suppose I have 10,000 data points with the following statistics:

Sample mean: 7

Sample variance: 4.2 (and hence standard deviation 2.05)

Population mean is also 7.

Now if I increase the sample size to 12,000 (1.2 times larger), how do I estimate the new variance (if that possible)?

I think the variance will also be 1.2 times smaller, but I'm not sure.