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I also wondered about the random assumption. The thing that made me question the assumption the most is Benford's law.

• ShardPhoenix 14y ago
  I don't think Benford's law applies here: it's about the first digit of numbers (that are distribute in a certain way), but in most cases the first digit of a price will be denominating dollars, not cents.
  • dfc 14y ago
    The leading digit of change is tens of cents...
    • mooism2 14y ago
      The change may be more than a dollar, so tens of cents is not necessarily the leading digit.
      • dfc 14y ago
        the amount of coin change is never more than a dollar.
        • mooism2 14y ago
          The amount of coin change is the remainder left over after dividing the total change by a dollar. Thus although the total change may or may not obey Benford's Law, the coin change certainly doesn't.