Question

A beverage company puts one of the letters in the word MATH under each bottle cap. A prize is given to each person who collects all the letters. Which of the following could be used as a simulation for how many bottles it would take to collect all four letters?

A.
generating random integers from 1 to 100

B.
4 number cubes

C.
tossing a coin 4 times

D.
a spinner with 4 equal sections

Answer 1

D. a spinner with 4 equal sections

Explanation:

There are 4 letters in the word MATH, so each letter has an equal probability of 1/4. Therefore, a spinner with 4 equal sections could be used to simulate the probability of selecting a letter.