Chapter 11.5, Problem 9PPSE

Solution

To state: The number of player who will help at the camp if a coach wants to select 5 of his 16 players at random to help with a youth basketball camp this weekend. He assigns a two-digit number from 01 to16 to each player.

The random number table is:

  $\begin{array}{l}84496187326033019536583805254448712\\ 016034886218519\text{}29834908906975120514\end{array}$

Players numbered 01, 05, 16, 03, and 08 are chosen by the coach.

Given information:

A coach wants to select 5 of his 16 players at random to help with a youth basketball camp this weekend. He assigns a two-digit number from 01 to16 to each player.

Explanation:

Consider the random number table:

  $\begin{array}{l}84496187326033019536583805254448712\\ 016034886218519\text{}29834908906975120514\end{array}$

Read the digits from the random number table in pairs after each other until you have the four players' numbers.

Skip any number greater than 16 because it doesn't reflect any of the 16 members, such as 96 or 44. Also disregard any possible duplicates.

  $84496187326033\underset{\_}{01}95365838\underset{\_}{05}2544487120\underset{\_}{16}\underset{\_}{03}4886218519298349\underset{\_}{08}906975120514$

As a result, players given numbers 01, 05, 16, 03, and 08 are chosen by the coach.