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OpenStax, Statistics §4.6 Poisson Distribution (Optional) · Exercise 25 · Probability · Discrete distributions

Poisson Distribution (Optional) · Exercise 25

The average number of times per week that Mrs. Plum’s cats wake her up at night because they want to play is 10. We are interested in the number of times her cats wake her up each week.

In words, what is the random variable X?

(a) the number of times Mrs. Plum’s cats wake her up each week
(b) the number of times Mrs. Plum’s cats wake her up each hour
(c) the number of times Mrs. Plum’s cats wake her up each night
(d) the number of times Mrs. Plum’s cats wake her up

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