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@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ if (condition is true) {
 Say, for example, that we want R to print a message if a variable `x` has a particular value:
 
 ```{r}
-# sample a random number from a Poisson distribution
-# with a mean (lambda) of 8
-
 x <- 8
 
 if (x >= 10) {