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OpenStudy (tomfoolery1):

Poisson distribution When studying radioactive​ material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365​ days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 979,897 radioactive​ atoms, so 20,103 atoms decayed during 365 days. a. Find the mean number of radioactive atoms that decayed in a day. b. Find the probability that on a given​ day, 53 radioactive atoms decayed.

OpenStudy (tomfoolery1):

55.07 is the mean!

OpenStudy (raffle_snaffle):

okay so what is the poisson formula?

OpenStudy (raffle_snaffle):

P(X=x) = lambda^x*e^-lambda/(x!)

OpenStudy (raffle_snaffle):

what is lambda?

OpenStudy (tomfoolery1):

is that the mue?

OpenStudy (raffle_snaffle):

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OpenStudy (raffle_snaffle):

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