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DescriptionBenfordDensities.png	English: A graph of the densities of the sets of numbers starting with 1 up to 9, showing how the average density of numbers starting with 1 is higher than the rest. In fact, the average densities correspond exactly to the proportions predicted by Benford's law. Selfmade in Mathematica.
Date	25 December 2008 (original upload date)
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Author	Sam Derbyshire at en.wikipedia
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• 2008-12-25 11:00 Sam Derbyshire 1508×956× (75299 bytes) A graph of the densities of the sets of numbers starting with 1 up to 9, showing how the average density of numbers starting with 1 is higher than the rest. In fact, the average densities correspond exactly to the proportions predicted by Benford's law.

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