The number of bags arriving on the baggage claim conveyor belt in a 3-minute time period would best be modeled with the _________.
A)binomial distribution
B)hypergeometric distribution
C)Poisson distribution
D)hyperbinomial distribution
E)exponential distribution

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The Poisson distribution is most appropriate for modeling the number of events (in this case, bags arriving on a conveyor belt) occurring within a fixed interval of time, assuming these events happen independently of each other and at a constant average rate.

The Number of Bags Arriving on the Baggage Claim Conveyor