Suppose the probability of a power outage at a nuclear power plant on a single day is the same every day of the year. Also the probability of having a power outage on a single day does not increase or decrease the probability of a power outage on another day. Which of the following distributions would you use to figure out the probability that a power outage will occur next Monday?
A) binomial distribution
B) normal distribution
C) Poisson distribution
D) exponential distribution

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The Poisson distribution is used to model the number of events occurring in a fixed time interval when the events are rare and randomly occurring. In this case, the probability of a power outage is the same every day and does not affect the probability of a power outage on another day, making it a good fit for the Poisson distribution. We can use this distribution to calculate the probability of a power outage occurring on a single day, which we can then extend to calculate the probability of a power outage occurring on next Monday.

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