January 26, 2010 / 10:56PM 129 notes

Why 30.1% of numbers start with 1 →

kevintwohy:

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.

(via hn)

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  1. i-am-margo-roth-spiegelman reblogged this from kevintwohy
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  4. cubiclenextdoor reblogged this from mollybierman and added:
    Molly, you find the coolest shit.
  5. 2arrs2ells reblogged this from mollybierman and added:
    One way of telling if a vote has been rigged (although maybe, by now, the vote-riggers have caught on to Benford’s law).
  6. bibliophobic reblogged this from kevintwohy
  7. normannsu reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    entire thing. i’m such a nerd
  8. twelvefootmountaintroll reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    misleading. In actuality, 1/9...(ie, negative infinite to infinite) do
  9. lejournaliste reblogged this from kevintwohy
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  11. evencrazy reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    hey mr. sirois… do...like stats? should i take stats? i’m a great student, i understand.....
  12. hramos reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    Why do I post this? Well, I love math. I love problems like this. After reading through
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  14. sassywater reblogged this from aligrape and added:
    Sweet Sassy Molassy he was!
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  20. aligrape reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    HEY, Tim was just discussing...other night! haha.
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  22. youshouldnthavebeentalkingshit reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    Idk I kinda always thought you’d find a number...other numbers. I didn’t know
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  25. puddle--wonderful reblogged this from kevintwohy and added:
    yeah, I’m kind...a statistics nerd. got a problem with it? (really though,
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