When studying radioactive​ material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365​ days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 978 comma 724 radioactive​ atoms, so 21 comma 276 atoms decayed during 365 days. a. Find the mean number of radioactive atoms that decayed in a day. ​(Round to three decimal places as​ need

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When studying radioactive​ material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365​ days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 978 comma 724 radioactive​ atoms, so 21 comma 276 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, 52 radioactive atoms decayed.
​(Round to six decimal places as​ needed.)
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When studying radioactive​ material, a nuclear engineer found that over 365​ days, 1,000,000 radioactive atoms decayed to 978,724 radioactive​ atoms, so 21,276 atoms decayed during 365 days.

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