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Community Service is one of Ahmed’s passions. Ahmed wants to survey a random sample of the students in his school to find out which day after school would work best for students to do volunteer work for a local food bank. Which sample would best represent the students in his school?

A Surveying twenty students waiting in line for lunch

B Surveying twenty students on their way to the bus after school

C Surveying one person from the seventh grade daily for twenty days

D Surveying one person each from twenty different classrooms during the first class period

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D Surveying one person each from twenty different classrooms during the first period. This method ensures that students with various characteristics are provided for and it also takes a short time.
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