A Wendy’s manager performed a study to determine a probability distribution for the number of people, X, waiting in a line during lunch. The results were as follows. Find and interpret the probability that 10 or more people are waiting in line for lunch? Probability x P(x) x P(x) 0 0.011 7 0.098 1 0.035 8 0.063 2 0.089 9 0.035 3 0.150 10 0.019 4 0.186 11 0.004 5 0.172 12 0.006 6 0.132       Would you use normal distribution, discrete distribution, or binomial distribution to solve the problem? Why?

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A Wendy’s manager performed a study to determine a probability distribution for the number of people, X, waiting in a line during lunch. The results were as follows. Find and interpret the probability that 10 or more people are waiting in line for lunch?

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x P(x) x P(x)
0 0.011 7 0.098
1 0.035 8 0.063
2 0.089 9 0.035
3 0.150 10 0.019
4 0.186 11 0.004
5 0.172 12 0.006
6 0.132    

 

Would you use normal distribution, discrete distribution, or binomial distribution to solve the problem? Why?

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