Geologists estimate the time since the most recent cooling of a mineral by counting the number of uranium fission tracks on the surface of the mineral. A certain mineral specimen is of such an age that there should be an average of 6 tracks per cm2 of surface area. Assume the number of tracks in an area follows a Poisson distribution. Let X represent the number of tracks counted in 1 cm2 of surface area.

a)Find P(X = 7).
b)Find P(X ≥ 3).
c)Find P(2 < X < 7).
d)Find μX.
e)Find σX

(a) The value of P (X = 7) is 0.1388.

(b) The value of P (X ≥ 3) is 0.9380.

(c) The value of P (2 < X < 7) is 0.5433.

(d)

(e)

Step-by-step explanation:

Let X = number of uranium fission tracks on per cm² surface area of the mineral.

The average number of track per cm² surface area is, λ = 6.

The random variable X follows a Poisson distribution with parameter λ = 6.

The probability mass function of a Poisson distribution is:

(a)

Compute the value of P (X = 7) as follows:

Thus, the value of P (X = 7) is 0.1388.

(b)

Compute the value of P (X ≥ 3) as follows:

P (X ≥ 3) = 1 - P (X < 3)

              = 1 - P (X = 0) - P (X = 1) - P (X = 2)

Thus, the value of P (X ≥ 3) is 0.9380.

(c)

Compute the value of P (2 < X < 7) as follows:

P (2 < X < 7) = P (X = 3) + P (X = 4) + P (X = 5) + P (X = 6)

Thus, the value of P (2 < X < 7) is 0.5433.

(d)

The mean of the Poisson distribution is:

(e)

The standard deviation of the Poisson distribution is:

step-by-step explanation: