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Situations occur where an event happens
at random over a period of time:
- A tap drips a drop about every 5 minutes.
- Police office receives emergency calls.
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We have to take a period of time where the rate is about unchanged.
(not like the police calls in early morning/late afternoon).
Susan Holmes
1998-12-07