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Log-normal mean from a log-sum

Download file sizes are log-normal, so lnXi\ln X_i is normal with mean μ\mu and variance σ2\sigma^2. From n=20n = 20 files you are told ilnxi=50\sum_i \ln x_i = 50.

Estimate μ\mu by maximum likelihood.

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