The probability that a certain radioactive mass emits no

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The probability that a certain radioactive mass emits no particles in a one-minute time period is 0.1353. What is the mean number of particles emitted per minute?

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QUESTION:

The probability that a certain radioactive mass emits no particles in a one-minute time period is 0.1353. What is the mean number of particles emitted per minute?

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Here we have to find mean no. of particles emitted

Let X is no. of particles emitted

Here Xpoisson(

The pmf of poisson distribution is P(x)=; x=0,1,2,...........


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