Where Would You Expect to Find the Largest Crystals in a Lava

question 38

Multiple Choice

Where would you expect to find the largest crystals in a lava flow?

• A)near the top surface of the flow
• B)near or just below the center of the flow
• C)near the bottom surface of the flow
• D)throughout the flow

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of values, calculated by summing all the values and dividing by the number of values.

Discrete Random Variable

A random variable that has countable outcomes, such as the number of heads in a series of coin flips.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Discrete Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take on a countable number of distinct values.