Question: When studying radioactivematerial, a nuclear engineer found that over 365days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 971,938 radioactiveatoms, so 28,062 atoms decayed during 365 days. a.

When studying radioactive material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365 days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 971,938 radioactive atoms, so 28,062 atoms decayed during 365 days.

a. Find the mean number of radioactive atoms that decayed in a day. (Round to three decimal places as needed.)


b. Find the probability that on a given day, 51 radioactive atoms decayed. (Round to six decimal places as needed.)

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