Question 3 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)
At West High School, 10% of the students participate in sports. A student wants to simulate the act of randomly selecting 20 students and counting the number of students in the sample who participate in sports. The student assigns the digits to the outcomes. 0 = student participates in sports1–9 = student does not participate in sports
Answer
A
Select a row from the random number table. Count the number of digits until you find 20 zeros.
B
Select a row from the random number table. Count the number of digits until you find 10 zeros.
C
Select a row from the random number table. Read 20 single digits. Count the number of digits that are zeros.
D
Select a row from the random number table. Read 10 single digits. Count the number of digits that are zeros.
Explanation
Each digit represents one randomly selected student: 0 means the student participates in sports, and 1–9 means the student does not. To simulate a sample of 20 students, read 20 single digits and count how many are zeros. Therefore, the correct choice is C: read 20 single digits and count the zeros.
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