On the Average, 1

question 28

Multiple Choice

On the average, 1.8 customers per minute arrive at any one of the checkout counters of a grocery
Store.What type of probability distribution can be used to find out the probability that there will
Be no customer arriving at a checkout counter?

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