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Let X equal the number of alpha particles emitted by
Chapter 5, Problem 7E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 7E
Let X equal the number of alpha particles emitted by barium-133 per second and counted by a Geiger counter. Assume that X has a Poisson distribution with λ = 49. Approximate P(45 < X < 60).
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QUESTION:
Problem 7E
Let X equal the number of alpha particles emitted by barium-133 per second and counted by a Geiger counter. Assume that X has a Poisson distribution with λ = 49. Approximate P(45 < X < 60).
ANSWER:
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has a poisson distribution with in order to approximate it ,the poisson distribution can be thought of as the sum of the observations of a random sample of size from a poisson distribution with .Then
and
And
is distributed in the limit as .