5.98 A certain type of bacteria cell divides at a constant rate over time. (That is,...
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5.98 A certain type of bacteria cell divides at a constant rate over time. (That is, the probability that a cell will divide in a small interval of time t is approximately t.) Given that a population starts out at time zero with k cells of this type and that cell divisions are independent of one another, the size of the population at time t, Y(t), has the probability distribution a Find the expected value of Y(t) in terms of
and t.
b If, for a certain type of bacteria cell, 0.1 per second and the population starts out with two cells at time zero, find the expected population size after 5 seconds.
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Probability And Statistics For Engineers
ISBN: 9781133006909
5th Edition
Authors: Richard L Scheaffer, Madhuri Mulekar, James T McClave, Cecie Starr
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