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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 2 10F d Solution by
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If , every bin contains at most one ball, so the total number of balls is at most . Since , the pigeonhole principle makes that event impossible:As along these values, and the mean occupancy is . Apply part (b):Both powers tend to . HenceThe Poisson limit for occupancy fractions interprets the answer as the probability that a Poisson distribution variable with mean is at least two.
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