Which polynomial is prime? A. x^4 + 3x^2 – x^2 – 3 B. x^4 – 3x^2 – x^2 + 3 C. 3x^2 + x – 6x – 2 D. 3x^2 + x – 6x + 3

A and B

Step-by-step explanation:

As  per above definition, A and B polynomials have coefficients 1 or 3, so are prime polynomials.

C and D polynomials have coefficient of 6 which can be further factored

A. x^4 + 3x^2 – x^2 – 3

B. x^4 – 3x^2 – x^2 + 3

C. 3x^2 + x – 6x – 2

D. 3x^2 + x – 6x + 3

the answer   is 200

step-by-step explanation:

this is a problem about poisson probabilities.   i don't know if you've

already studied poisson distributions, or if you have a place to look

to read more about the subject.  

here's how you can see a poisson distribution coming.   when there are

a lot of events that may happen at any time (or any place), and when

you're counting how many of them happen at a particular time (or a

particular place), and each event is independent of the others, then

the result is a poisson distribution.   this is roughly true for the

chocolate chips; one chip being in a cookie has only a small effect on

the probability that another chip will be in the cookie.

once you know you have a poisson distribution, you know a lot.   there

is only one parameter to a poisson distribution, so if you know the

mean, you know everything.   the form of the distribution is

  probability of n chips = {[e^(-x)]*(x^n)} / (n! )