Question

A recent study in Saint John has indicated that on average 4 people per hour enter an ER for non-medical issues. If we study the ER in Saint John for 2 days, the number of people entering the ER for non-medical issues would follow a:

Question 5 options:

Neither of the above

Binomial distribution

Geometric Distribution

Answer 1

Given -

A recent study in Saint John has indicated that on average 4 people per hour enter an ER for non-medical issues.

which means we are given the rate at which people are entering.

and as long as we are concerned about its distribution there is one which can take care of this event. it would be the Poisson distribution with rate lambda.

hence the correct answer is none of above because the number of people entering the ER for non-medical issues would follow Poisson distribution with rate lambda = people per hour.

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