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A farmer is worried that a recent salmonella outbreak may have come from the carrots on his farm. He wants to test the carrots at the farm, but it will ruin the crop if he tests all of them.

a. If the farm has 10,000 carrots growing, describe a method that would
produce a random sample of 10 plants.
b. Why would a random sample be useful in this situation?

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Answer: for b. Step-by-step explanation: The random sample would show multiple outcomes of the carrot growth and the combinations, i believe

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