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Homework 9 can be downloaded here on the ECE 302 course website.
Problem 1: Imperfect camera
A photodetector has a probability $ p $ of capturing each photon incident on it. A light source is exposed to the detector, and a million photons are captured. What is the ML estimate of the number of photons actually incident on it?