 Solution

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e^{- 10 δ} = 1/2

, and

δ = \frac{ln 2}{10} \approx 0.0693147 day^{- 1} .

The corresponding mean care time is

1/ δ = 10/ ln 2 \approx 14.43

days; a ten-day median should not be substituted as the mean.

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