Benford’s Law

Benford’s Law is a mathematical equation that predicts numbers that occur in any sequence will start with a 1 (one) 30% of the time, and a 9 (nine) only 4% of the time!

Check it out!

That’s how people can audit and spot “cooked books” in audits, simply by noticing an inordinate number of values that start with 8 or 9!

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