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Let X equal the number of alpha particle emissions of carbon-14 that are counted by a Geiger counter each second. Assume that the distribution of X is Poisson with mean 16. let W equal the time in seconds before the 7th count is made. a) Give the distribution of Wb) Find P(W<0.5)

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