In a radioactive decay experiment, the uncertainty in a number of measured counts, N, is given by VN. (This is a classic example of Poisson statistics). In an experiment to determine the level of background radiation in the laboratory, a student (Student A) measures the number of background counts after 15 successive 30- second periods as Total Elapsed Time Total No. of (s) 30 Total Elapsed Time Total No. of (s) 270 Counts 422 Counts 39 469 530 60 83 300 90 138 330 120 191 360 580 150 259 390 623 180 210 295 420 650 327 450 687 240 373

In a radioactive decay experiment, the uncertainty in a number of measured counts, N, is given by VN. (This is a classic example of Poisson statistics). In an experiment to determine the level of background radiation in the laboratory, a student (Student A) measures the number of background counts after 15 successive 30- second periods as Total Elapsed Time Total No. of (s) 30 Total Elapsed Time Total No. of (s) 270 Counts 422 Counts 39 469 530 60 83 300 90 138 330 120 191 360 580 150 259 390 623 180 210 295 420 650 327 450 687 240 373

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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