An archivist uses a radiation detector to assess a vintage pocket watch with radium-painted hands.
To determine the radiation emitted solely by the watch, the archivist performs two measurements:
- They measure the background radiation in the empty archive room, recording 216216216 counts over a duration of 12 minutes12\text{ minutes}12 minutes.
- They place the watch close to the detector and record 340834083408 counts over a period of 4 minutes4\text{ minutes}4 minutes.
Calculate the corrected count rate of the pocket watch in counts per second.