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Astronomers treat the number of stars in a given volume of space as a Poisson random variable. The density in the Milky Way Galaxy in the vicinity of our solar system is one star per 16 cubic light-years. a. What is the probability of two or more stars in 16 cubic light-years? b. How many cubic light-years of space must be studied so that the probability of one or more stars exceeds 0.95?

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