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Multiples of 6 (Posted on 2024-02-22)

The number 24 is a multiple of 6, and its reversal, 42, is also a multiple of 6.

What is the probability that the reversal of any randomly-chosen multiple of 6 is also a multiple of 6?

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re: Benford's Law

| Comment 5 of 9 |

(In reply to Benford's Law by Steve Herman)

And yet a program checking every 6th number from 0 to 10^8 shows very close to 4/9.

Maybe it is because Benford's Law is related to randomly chosen real world data rather than selecting randomly from all possible numbers from a to b.

Posted by Larry on 2024-02-22 13:51:59

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