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Calculate what fraction of gas molecules

(a) traverses without collisions the distances exceeding the mean free path λ;

(b) has the free path values lying within the interval from λ to 2λ.

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(a) The fraction of gas molecules which traverses distances exceeding the mean free path without collision is just the probability to traverse the distance * = λ without collision.

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