# Modeling Malmquist Bias [closed]

I am studying astrophysics on the side and came across this problem in the textbook:

I am not quite sure how to approach it but I do know I need to account for the Malmquist bias to account for the correct $$L$$. Is there any insight I can get here?

## closed as unclear what you're asking by Rob Jeffries, Jan Doggen, Chappo, peterh, Max0815Feb 27 at 23:34

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• Have you checked Wikipedia's page on the subject ? – StephenG Feb 27 at 5:08
• Please do not only give pictures with text on SE sites, add the relevant text as text as well, so that it can be found by search engines. There are 'online OCR' sites that can help you convert the picture so that you don't have to retype it all. – Jan Doggen Feb 27 at 8:38
• Have you constructed the numerical model as described in the exercise? Have you gone through steps (a), (b) and (c) and considered the questions at each step? Please edit your question to include what you've tried and what specifically is causing the difficulty. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the site Tour. :-) – Chappo Feb 27 at 9:43