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Would you expect the frequency of each letter in other languages to be the same as that in English?

Would you expect the frequency of each letter in a book by Dr. Seuss to be the same as that in a newspaper?

 

The graph below shows the frequency of each letter as a percentage. Does the graph help you understand the frequency distribution of letters better than the table in the Complete Solution?

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