Multiple Choice
Provide an appropriate response.
-Which of the random variables described below is likely to have a Poisson distribution? - The random variable X is the number of accidents occurring during a ski season at a particular
Ski resort.-Fifty people are selected at random from among the skiers at a particular resort. The random Variable Y is the number among the fifty who have been involved in a ski accident during the past Ski season. -One ski resort allows both skiers and snowboarders. Fifty people are selected at random from the People waiting in line at one of the resort's chairlifts. The random variable Z is the number of Snowboarders among the fifty.
A) X, Y, and Z
B) Y and Z
C) X only
D) X and Y
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