It was believed that the probability of being hit by lightning is the same during the course of a thunderstorm.Which of the following distributions would you use to determine the probability of being hit by lightning during the first half of a thunderstorm?
A)Normal distribution
B)Poisson distribution
C)Uniform distribution
D)Exponential distribution

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The uniform distribution would be the best choice, as it assumes that all outcomes (being hit by lightning during different periods of the thunderstorm) have equal probability. Therefore, the probability of being hit by lightning during the first half of the thunderstorm would be equal to 1/2. The other distributions (normal, Poisson, exponential) are not appropriate for this question because they make different assumptions about the probabilities of events occurring over time.

It Was Believed That the Probability of Being Hit by Lightning