A. Coin Let heads (H) = poetry  Let tails (T) = science fiction or biography  Toss coin three times. Repeat.  B. Number cube Let even number = poetry  Let off number = not poetry  Roll the cube three times. Repeat.  C. Random digits from 1 to 9  Let 1, 2, 3 = science fiction  Let 4, 5, 6 = biography  Let 7, 8, 9 = poetry  Select three random digits from 1 to 9. Repeat. D. Coin  Let heads (H) = science fiction  Let tails (T) = biography or poetry  Toss coin three times. Repeat.

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A. Coin

Let heads (H) = poetry 

Let tails (T) = science fiction or biography 

Toss coin three times. Repeat. 

B. Number cube

Let even number = poetry 

Let off number = not poetry 

Roll the cube three times. Repeat. 

C. Random digits from 1 to 9 

Let 1, 2, 3 = science fiction 

Let 4, 5, 6 = biography 

Let 7, 8, 9 = poetry 

Select three random digits from 1 to 9. Repeat.

D. Coin 

Let heads (H) = science fiction 

Let tails (T) = biography or poetry 

Toss coin three times. Repeat. 

An English teacher has equal numbers of science fiction, biography, and
poetry books. Each day, she randomly selects one book to read from. She
designs a simulation to estimate the probability that the next three books she
selects are all poetry books.
Which simulation design could she use to estimate the probability?
Transcribed Image Text:An English teacher has equal numbers of science fiction, biography, and poetry books. Each day, she randomly selects one book to read from. She designs a simulation to estimate the probability that the next three books she selects are all poetry books. Which simulation design could she use to estimate the probability?
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