Suppose the probability of a car accident taking place anywhere on a stretch of a 20 miles highway is the same. Which of the following distributions would you use to determine the
Probability that a car accident will occur somewhere between the 5-mile and 15-mile posts of the
Highway?
A) Normal distribution.
B) Poisson distribution.
C) Uniform distribution.
D) Exponential distribution.

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The uniform distribution is appropriate here because the probability of an accident occurring is the same across the entire stretch of the highway, indicating a constant probability over a continuous interval.

Suppose the Probability of a Car Accident Taking Place Anywhere