During a randomly-chosen Friday lunch hour (12-1)which probability model would you use to describe the number of customers who order split pea soup at a certain California Pizza Kitchen?
A)Binomial
B)Hypergeometric
C)Uniform
D)Poisson

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The Poisson distribution is appropriate for modeling the number of events (customers ordering soup) occurring within a fixed interval of time (one hour), especially when these events happen independently and the average rate is known.

During a Randomly-Chosen Friday Lunch Hour (12-1)which Probability Model Would