Buyline Is an E-Commerce Web Site

question 87

Multiple Choice

Buyline is an e-commerce Web site. It has come up with a promotional offer where buyers get a 60 percent discount on refrigerators if a minimum of 100 buyers agree to buy the product within 24 hours of the offer being announced. In this case, it is evident that BuyLine is a _____.

• A)social networking site
• B)group buying platform
• C)peer-to-peer e-commerce platform
• D)participatory e-commerce site

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Definitions:

Exponent

An exponent refers to a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a number (the base) is multiplied by itself.

Normal Distribution Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data where most observations cluster around the mean.

Binomial Distribution Curve

A probability distribution graph that represents the likelihood of a given number of successes over a series of trials, with only two possible outcomes.

Poisson Distribution Curve

A graphical representation of the Poisson distribution, showing the probability of a given number of events over a fixed interval.