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    "# Exercise 5.2: Exploring tails of distributions\n",
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    "**a)** Say I have three distributions:\n",
    "\n",
    "- Exponential, β=1\n",
    "- Normal, μ=1, σ=1\n",
    "- Cauchy, µ=1, σ=1\n",
    "\n",
    "Say I draw numbers out of each of these distributions. Rank order the distributions, lowest to highest, in terms of how likely I am do draw a number greater than 10. You do not need to calculate anything to answer this question.\n",
    "\n",
    "**b)** Now draw a million numbers out of each of the three distributions. Which, if any, had numbers greater than ten? Was your intuition from part (a) correct?"
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