The amount of juice that can be squeezed from a randomly selected orange out of a box of oranges with approximately the same size can most likely be modeled by which of the following distributions?
A) Uniform distribution
B) Poisson distribution
C) Normal distribution
D) Exponential distribution

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The normal distribution is a good fit for variables that have a symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution. Since the oranges in a box are approximately the same size, it's reasonable to assume that the amount of juice that can be squeezed from each orange follows a normal distribution. The other distributions listed (uniform, Poisson, exponential) are not appropriate for this situation.

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