Use excel sheet to find The number of gamma rays emitted per second by a certain radioactive substance is a random variable having the Poisson distribution  with (λ)= 5/8. If a recording instrument becomes inoperative when there are more than 12 rays per second, what is the probability that this instrument becomes inoperative during any given second

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The number of gamma rays emitted per second by a certain radioactive substance is a random variable having the Poisson distribution  with (λ)= 5/8. If a recording instrument becomes inoperative when there are more than 12 rays per second, what is the probability that this instrument becomes inoperative during any given second?

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