Question

A company is interested in testing sample sets of 20 Widgets to see how they withstand a heat test. Widgets fail the heat test when they develop cracks in their top paint coating. Suppose historically that 10% of the Widgets develop paint cracks. a. Does this problem represent the application of a Continuous or Discrete Distribution

Answer 1

Discrete Distribution.

Explanation:

For each widget, there are only two possible outcomes. Either they develop paint cracks, or they do not. The probability of a widget developing paint cracks is independent of any other widgets, which means that the binomial probability distribution, which is a discrete distribution, is used to solve this question. Thus the answer is a Discrete Distribution.