Question

Each field trip boxed lunch for Mrs. Patel’s class will come with one of five different pieces of fruit: apple, banana, grapes, orange, or peach. Using the line of the random number table shown to do a simulation and assigning 2 or 3 for banana, what is the probability a boxed lunch will have a banana?

Line 20 82244 34392 96607 17220 51984 10753 76272 50985 97593 34320
A.
16%

B.
18%

C.
20%

D.
28%

Answer 1

D. 28%

Explanation:

• The line of the random number table = total of ten 5-digit random numbers = 50 digits.

• The digits 2 and 3 represent the fruit banana.

• Count the number of 2 and 3 in the ten random numbers from the line of the random number table

• 82244, 34392, 96607, 17220, 51984, 10753, 76272, 50985, 97593, 34320

• Total no of banana fruits = 14.

• So, the probability a boxed lunch will have a banana = 14 / 50 = 0.28 = 28%