Dutchess County, New York, has been experiencing a mean of 35.4 motor vehicle deaths each year. If D = the number of vehicle dea

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ths in Dutchess County in a year, what is the distribution for D (Binomial or Poisson) Explain.

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Molodets [167] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-10T06:29:43+03:00

Answer:

Poisson, as we have the mean number and not a proportion.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the mean number of vehicle deaths per year, thus, since it is a mean and not a proportion, we use the Poisson distribution.

If we were working with the proportion of accidents that end in death for example, or any other proportion, it would be a binomial random variable.