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The consecutive letters \"on\" appears twice in London while only once in Clifton. Thus P(London) = 2/3, and P(Clifton) = 1/3. (Although there are only two city choices here, the foregoing probabilities say that the letter is twice as likely to have come from London as from Clifton.) \n" ); document.write( "

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