Question

An internal quality study by American Airlines revealed that lost bags occur at an average rate of 4.2 bags per week at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. If we want to estimate the probability that at least 6 bags will be lost in a given week at the airport, we should use the binomial distribution. O True O False

Answer 1

False. To estimate the probability of at least 6 bags being lost in a given week at the airport, we should use the Poisson distribution, not the binomial distribution. The Poisson distribution is more appropriate for modeling the number of events (lost bags) occurring in a fixed interval (a week) with a known average rate (4.2 bags per week).