Question

Loretta is rolling an unfair 6 sided die with a single number between 1 and 6 on each face. She has a 70% chance of rolling a four. She is playing a game with a friend and knows that if she rolls a four on three of her next five rolls she will lose the game. She wants to determine the probability that she rolls a four on three of her next five rolls.

Which simulation design has an appropriate device and a correct trial?
A) Using a fair coin let heads represent rolling a four and tails represent not rolling a four. Flip the coin five times.
B) Using a table of random digits select a digit between 0 and 9. Let 0-6 represent rolling a four and 7-9 represent not rolling a four. Select five digits.
C) Roll a fair die with a single digit between 1 and 6 on each face. Let four represent rolling a four and 1-3 and 5 and 6 represent not rolling a four. Roll the die five times.
D) Using a table of random digits select a digit between 1 and 6, ignoring digits 0, 7, 8, and 9. Let 4 represent rolling a four and 1-3 and 5 and 6 represent not rolling a four Select five digits.

Answer 1

The answer is option B.

Explanation:

Loretta is rolling an unfair 6 sided die with a single number between 1 and 6 on each face and she has a 70% chance of rolling a four.

She is playing a game with a friend and knows that if she rolls a four on three of her next five rolls she will lose the game.

She wants to determine the probability that she rolls a four on three of her next five rolls.

The simulation design that is helpful here is :

B) Using a table of random digits select a digit between 0 and 9. Let 0-6 represent rolling a four and 7-9 represent not rolling a four. Select five digits.