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• Why 30.1% of numbers start with 1

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  • 2 years ago

  Since there are nine possible digits, you would expect that one-ninth (11.11%) of the numbers would have 1 in the leading digit position. However, this is not what you will find– about 30.1% of the numbers will start with 1. It gets even stranger from here.

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     Molly, you find the coolest shit.

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     One way of telling if a vote has been rigged (although maybe, by now, the vote-riggers have caught on to Benford’s law).

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      entire thing. i’m such a nerd

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      misleading. In actuality, 1/9...(ie, negative infinite to infinite) do

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      hey mr. sirois… do...like stats? should i take stats? i’m a great student, i understand.....

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      Why do I post this? Well, I love math. I love problems like this. After reading through

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      Sweet Sassy Molassy he was!

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      HEY, Tim was just discussing...other night! haha.

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      Idk I kinda always thought you’d find a number...other numbers. I didn’t know

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      yeah, I’m kind...a statistics nerd. got a problem with it? (really though,

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