When studying radioactive material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365 days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 974,363 radioactive atoms, so 25,637 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, 51 radioactive atoms decayed.

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When studying radioactive material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365 days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to
radioactive atoms, so 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,
51 radioactive atoms decayed.

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