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Benford's law shows that around 30 percent of numbers will start with a 1, 18 percent with a 2, and 4.

6 percent with the nu


Copy any set of figures into Column B and see how the data compares with Benfords prediction.
Range
C6 C99
Actual Predicted
No's First Char Percent Benfords
1338.93 1 Ones 4 33.333 30.103
151.58 1 Two's 2 16.667 17.6091
294 2 Three's 1 8.333 12.4939
1684.51 1 Fours 1 8.333 9.691
1979.299 1 Fives 1 8.333 7.91812
259 2 Sixes 1 8.333 6.69468
304.325 3 Sevens 1 8.333 5.79919
769 7 Eights 0 0.000 5.11525
903.575 9 Nines 1 8.333 4.57575
550 5 COUNT 12
467 4
600 6
2, and 4.6 percent with the number 9.

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