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Question 1

Which of the following random variables could be modelled with a binomial distribution and which could be modelled with a Poisson distribution?

You will lose 1 mark for every incorrect answer. The minimum mark is 0.


Binomial DistributionPoisson Distribution
We are interested in X, the number of machine breakdowns in a day. Such breakdowns at a particular IT company occur at a rate of eight per week.
The probability that an office photocopier will fail on any given day is 0.15. The human resources office at Newcastle University has ten such photocopiers; Let Y be the number of photocopiers that fail today.
A salesperson has a 50% chance of making a sale on a customer visit and she arranges 10 visits in a day. Let X be the number of sales that day.
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