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a) The number of leaves on a fully grown oak tree - normal

b) The age at which people's hair turns grey - normal

c) The number of hairs on the heads of 20-year olds - normal

d) The number of people who have been hit by lightning x times - power law

e) The number of miles driven before your car needs a new transmission - poisson

f) The number of runs a batter will get, per cricket over - poisson

g) The number of leopard spots per square foot of leopard skin - normal

h) The number of people with exactly x pennies sitting in drawers - binomial

i) The number of apps on people's cell phones - normal

j) The daily attendance in Skiena's data science course -binomial