What kind of distributions are the binomial and Poisson probability distributions?
A)Discrete
B)Continuous
C)Both discrete and continuous
D)Neither discrete or continuous

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Both the binomial and Poisson probability distributions are discrete, where the random variable only takes on discrete values. In the case of the binomial distribution, it counts the number of successes in a fixed number of trials, while the Poisson distribution counts the number of events in a fixed time interval.

What Kind of Distributions Are the Binomial and Poisson Probability