SOLUTION: there are 26 letters in the alphabet, the probability of someone's name starting with z is what is the flaw

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Question 483808: there are 26 letters in the alphabet, the probability of someone's name starting with z is
what is the flaw

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Some letters are more likely as first letters of last names than others. Z as a last initial does not occur as frequently as say, S.

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