The number of defects per 1,000 feet of extruded plastic pipe is best modeled with the ________________.
A)Poisson distribution
B)Pascal distribution
C)binomial distribution
D)hypergeometric distribution
E)exponential distribution

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The Poisson distribution is best suited for modeling the number of defects per unit of measure (e.g., per 1,000 feet of extruded plastic pipe) when these events occur independently and the average rate (defects per unit) is known.

The Number of Defects Per 1,000 Feet of Extruded Plastic