Zipf's Law and an Internet Problem. Download Wolfram's CDF Player from http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/download-cdf-player.html. Afterward search the Wolfram's application projects for Zipf's Law Applied to Word and Letter Frequencies. The demonstration is an application of Zipf's Law to word frequency counts. Select JFK's Inaugural Speech.

a. How many times does "the" appear in the speech? Make a digital copy of the screen display to turn in with your solutions?

b. What is the Zipf sequence between the most common word and the next three?

c. Describe a way Zipf's law could be applied to uncover fraudulent documents.

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