 This rule states that, for example, 80% of the wealth of a society is held by 20% of its population.However, one should not conflate the Pareto distribution with the Pareto Principle as the former only produces this result for a particular power value, formula_13 ("α" = log45 ≈ 1.16).While formula_13 is variable, empirical observation has found the 80-20 distribution to fit a wide range of cases, including natural phenomena and human activities.