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

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The Poisson distribution is appropriate for modeling the number of rare events occurring in a fixed interval. In this case, defects are expected to be rare relative to the length of the piping, and the Poisson distribution is a good choice for modeling the number of defects.

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