Question

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 sports 1–9 = student does not participate in sports How can a random number table be used to simulate one trial of this situation? Select a row from the random number table. Count the number of digits until you find 20 zeros. Select a row from the random number table. Count the number of digits until you find 10 zeros. Select a row from the random number table. Read 20 single digits. Count the number of digits that are zeros. Select a row from the random number table. Read 10 single digits. Count the number of digits that are zeros.

Answer 1

By selecting a row from the table and counting the number of digits until 20 zeros are found, a random sample can be obtained.

Step-by-step explanation:

To simulate one trial of randomly selecting 20 students and counting the number of students who participate in sports, you can select a row from a random number table and count the number of digits until you find 20 zeros. This method ensures randomness and is similar to selecting students randomly.