Grand partition function for helium absorption on a metal surface

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Homework Statement



The atomic site that is in thermal and diffusive equilibrium with a gas of Helium atoms that is on the surface of a metal can either absorb an atom of Helium or it can be vacant.
(a) What is the Grand Partition function of the system?
(b) Derive the average thermal occupancy <N> of a site

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The Attempt at a Solution


I have no idea where to even begin!
 
The partition function is given by z = Ʃ e^ -β (Ni) (εi-μ)
how do you account for the fact that the surface is either vacant or not