The relationship between frequency and magnitude predicts that ____
a. ?events of larger magnitude occur more frequently
b. ?events of smaller magnitude occur less frequently
c. ?more frequent events have a larger magnitude
d. ?less frequent events have a larger magnitude
e. ?the magnitude and frequency of an event are unrelated
ANSWER: d
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