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Gamma scale MLE with shape four

Rainfall accumulations are modeled as independent Gamma variables with known shape k=4k = 4 and unknown scale θ\theta, density f(xθ)=xk1ex/θΓ(k)θkf(x \mid \theta) = \dfrac{x^{k-1} e^{-x/\theta}}{\Gamma(k)\,\theta^{k}} for x>0x > 0. A record of n=10n = 10 storms totals ixi=80\sum_i x_i = 80 millimeters.

Find the maximum likelihood estimate of the scale θ\theta.

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