A Professor Receives,on Average,24

question 19

Multiple Choice

A professor receives,on average,24.7 e-mails from students the day before the midterm exam.To compute the probability of receiving at least 10 e-mails on such a day,he will use what type of probability distribution?

• A)binomial distribution.
• B)Poisson distribution.
• C)hypergeometric distribution.
• D)none of the above.

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