• ssboomman@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        From what I understand it works like this.

        Let’s say you have a series of numbers that represent real life data. In general the first number of all of these numbers will be a 1, 30% of the time.

        • J12@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Thanks, that makes sense. I must be missing a link or article on my client otherwise I would’ve read it lol

          • idiomaddict@feddit.deEnglish
            4·
            11 months ago

            It applies to situations with more than one order of magnitude being counted, such as d20 rolls, 55% of which will start with a 1.

            • halvo317@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              21·
              11 months ago

              The “1” of the “1000” is the real life number. He didn’t pick “785” or “462”.