Which distribution is most nearly appropriate to describe the number of fatalities in Texas in a given year due to poisonous snakebites?
A)Binomial
B)Poisson
C)Hypergeometric
D)Geometric

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The Poisson distribution is appropriate in situations where the number of occurrences of an event is rare, random and independent. In this case, fatalities due to poisonous snakebites are rare events that occur independently, making the Poisson distribution the most suitable choice. The other distributions mentioned are not appropriate as binomial and hypergeometric require a fixed number of trials, while the geometric distribution deals with the probability of the first successful trial.

Which Distribution Is Most Nearly Appropriate to Describe the Number