Question

Bunches of bananas arriving from their supplier reach a grocer with probability 0.12 of being too ripe to sell. To simulate the event that a single bunch of bananas arriving at the grocery is too ripe to sell, the produce manager could use two digits from a random generator with the convention (choose the best answer): A) 01, 02, 03, … , 10, 11, 12 → too ripe 13, 14, 15, … , 98, 99, 00 → acceptable B) 00, 01, 02, … , 85, 86, 87 → too ripe 88, 89, 90, … , 97, 98, 99 → defective C) 00, 01, 02, … , 09, 10, 11 → too ripe 12, 13, 14, … , 97, 98, 99 → acceptable D) Any answer choice is correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct.

Answer 1

Any of the choice is correct

Explanation:

All of the possible options are correct. The reason for this is as follows;

First, it is to be known that a simple random sample is characterized by two properties. The two properties are

1. Every individual in the population is equally likely to be chosen for the sample

2. Every set of size n is equally likely of being chosen.

Having said that, every bunch of banana can be used to simulate the random generator.

And since it's a two digits simulation, any simultaneous number can be used as seen in option a to c.