The Number of Phone Calls Arriving at a Switchboard in a 10

question 25

Multiple Choice

The number of phone calls arriving at a switchboard in a 10 minute time period would best be modelled with the ___.

• A)binomial distribution
• B)hypergeometric distribution
• C)Poisson distribution
• D)hyperbinomial distribution
• E)exponential distribution

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