1. For each of the following examples, say if they are discrete or continuous.

a. Number of tomatoes in a box

b. Weight of a box of tomatoes

c. Number of students in a kindergarten class

d. Number of cases of Covid-19 in a town during a specific week.

e. Gallons of fuel that an airplane uses on a trip.

2. A certain town has a population average of (or ) = 5.2 house fires per month. The fires occur on a random basis. The events are independent. What is the probability of 6 fires in a given month?

3. Each time a person flips a coin, the probability of a head is 0.5. Assume the results of coin flips are independent. A coin is flipped 10 times. What is the probability of exactly 6 heads?

4. An anti-viral drug for treating the flu has a 70% (0.70) success rate. This is a population statistic. That means the P(success) = 0.70. Eight patients with flu are treated with the drug. What is the probability that exactly 6 patients out of 8 are cured of the flu?