Thousands of Batteries Are Produced Every Day in a Certain

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Multiple Choice

Thousands of batteries are produced every day in a certain manufacturing plant.The quality control specialist is interested in how long it takes for each battery to fail when used in a moderately sized appliance,like a portable radio or CD player.The quality control specialist will take a simple random sample of 2000 batteries produced at this plant over the next four days.These batteries will be put into a variety of moderately sized appliances and the average of all failure times will be computed.Which of the following probability distributions is most appropriate to model the average time until failure of these 2000 batteries?

• A)The uniform distribution
• B)The Normal distribution
• C)The binomial distribution
• D)The Weibull distribution

Recognize the significance of synapomorphies, homologies, and homoplasies in understanding evolutionary relationships.

Understand the process and principles involved in phylogenetic analysis.

Discern the differences in evolutionary rates among genes and organisms.

Acknowledge how traits, such as wing numbers and color patterns, convey evolutionary history.

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