According to Benford's law,5 will be the first digit of a random number set:
A)more often than 1.
B)less often than 4.
C)about the same as 6.
D)more often than 3.

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Benford's law states that in many naturally occurring collections of numbers, the leading digit is likely to be small. The number 5 appears as the first digit less often than 4 according to the logarithmic distribution of first digits described by Benford's law.

According to Benford's Law,5 Will Be the First Digit of a Random