Ten percent of U.S. households contain 5or more people. You want to simulate choosing a household at random and recording whether or not it contains 5or

more people. Which of these are correct assignments of digits for this simulation? (a) Odd = Yes (5or more people); Even = No (not 5or more people)

(b) 0= Yes; 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9= No

(c) 5= Yes; 0,1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9= No

(d) All three are correct.

(e) Choices (b) and (c) are correct, but (a) is not.

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The choices (b) and (c) are correct, but (a) is not.

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Step 1. Given Information    

percent of homes in the United States with 5or more individuals = 10% For this simulation, we must determine the correct digit assignments:

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Step 2. Concept Used  

We can't foresee the outcomes of a chance process, yet they have a regular distribution over a large number of repetitions. According to the law of large numbers, the fraction of times a specific event occurs in numerous repetitions approaches a single number. The likelihood of a chance outcome is its long-run relative frequency. A probability is a number between 0(never happens) and 1(happens frequently) (always occurs).

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Step 3. Explanation   

We will check each of the given options.

a) The 5out of the 10 digits result in 5or more people, resulting in a probability of 50%instead of 10%Hence, it is incorrect.

b)The 1out of the 10digits result in 5or more people, resulting in a probability of 10%Hence, it is correct.

(c) The 1out of the 10digits result in 5or more people, resulting in a probability of 10%Hence, it is correct.

(d) Incorrect as we already know (a) is incorrect. (e) correct because (b) and (c) are correct and (a) is incorrect.

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