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The counter method with a time basis has the disadvantage that it includes the systematic error resulting from the variation of the source. The counter method with a monitor counter gets rid of this systematic error but introduces a statistical error originating in the uncertainty of the flux received by the monitor counter. The author proposes a formula which is a compromise between the two methods and which partially retains the advantages of the two methods.