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Please Provide explanations!

1) The number of customers who place an order at a restaurant is a_______ Random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

2) The weight of a soft drink bottle produced from a production line is a________ random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

3) The number of cars that pass a certain highway tollbooth over a one-day period is a

______ random variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

4) We use________ to compute the probabilities of a continuous random variable?

(a) a probability mass function

(b) a density function

5) We use Excel’s _______ function to compute the cumulative probability of a normal

random variable?

(a) DIST.NORM

(b) NORM.DIST

(c) DISTNORM

6) We use Excel’s _______   function to compute the probability of a binomial random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.BINOM

7) We use Excel’s ______   function to compute the probability of a Poisson random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.POISSON

1) The number of customers who place an order at a restaurant is a_______ Random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

2) The weight of a soft drink bottle produced from a production line is a________ random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

3) The number of cars that pass a certain highway tollbooth over a one-day period is a

______ random variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

4) We use________ to compute the probabilities of a continuous random variable?

(a) a probability mass function

(b) a density function

5) We use Excel’s _______ function to compute the cumulative probability of a normal

random variable?

(a) DIST.NORM

(b) NORM.DIST

(c) DISTNORM

6) We use Excel’s _______   function to compute the probability of a binomial random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.BINOM

7) We use Excel’s ______   function to compute the probability of a Poisson random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.POISSON

1) The number of customers who place an order at a restaurant is a_______ Random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

2) The weight of a soft drink bottle produced from a production line is a________ random

Variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

3) The number of cars that pass a certain highway tollbooth over a one-day period is a

______ random variable?

(a) continuous

(b) discrete

4) We use________ to compute the probabilities of a continuous random variable?

(a) a probability mass function

(b) a density function

5) We use Excel’s _______ function to compute the cumulative probability of a normal

random variable?

(a) DIST.NORM

(b) NORM.DIST

(c) DISTNORM

6) We use Excel’s _______   function to compute the probability of a binomial random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.BINOM

7) We use Excel’s ______   function to compute the probability of a Poisson random

Variable?

(a) POISSON.DIST

(b) BINOMIAL.DIST

(c) BINOM.DIST

(d) DIST.POISSON

Explanation / Answer

1. Discrete because number is a countable variable

2. Continuous because weight has decimals and cannot be counted

3. Discrete because it's a number

4. a density function is used for continuous distribution