The amount of juice that can be squeezed from an orange randomly selected from a box of oranges that are all approximately the same size can most likely be modeled by which of the following distributions?
A) binomial distribution
B) Poisson distribution
C) normal distribution
D) none of the above

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The normal distribution is appropriate for modeling continuous variables, such as the amount of juice that can be squeezed from an orange, when the sample size is sufficiently large and the distribution is approximately symmetric. Therefore, the normal distribution would be the best choice to model the amount of juice squeezed from the oranges in the box. The binomial distribution and Poisson distribution are appropriate for modeling discrete variables, and would not be appropriate for this situation.

The Amount of Juice That Can Be Squeezed from an Orange