Radioactive-Decay Style Probability
Context
You have 100 identical, independent particles. Each particle's lifetime is exponentially distributed with rate parameter λ corresponding to a known half-life H. For an exponential lifetime, the survival function is:
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P(T > t) = e^{-λ t}, where λ = (ln 2) / H.
Task
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Derive the probability that exactly k particles (out of 100) remain undecayed after time t.
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Derive the probability that at least one particle remains undecayed after time t.
Assumptions
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Particles decay independently.
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All particles share the same half-life H (i.e., the same exponential rate λ).
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Time t ≥ 0 and k ∈ {0, 1, ..., 100}.