Chapter 5.1, Problem 5.14E

(a)

To determine

To explain how we would use the calculator’s randInt command to perform each of the task.

Answer to Problem 5.14E

randInt( $0,1$ )

Explanation of Solution

The task is flipping a coin.

When flipping a coin, it is possible to toss heads or to toss tails.

Let $0=\text{Heads and 1=Tails}$ .

The following command will then generate one possible toss of the coin:

randInt( $0,1$ )

(b)

To determine

To explain how we would use the calculator’s RANDINT command to perform each of the task.

Answer to Problem 5.14E

randInt( $1,52$ )

Explanation of Solution

The task is shuffle a deck of $52$ cards.

When drawing a card from a shuffled deck of $52$ cards, there are $52$ possible cards to select.

Let $1=\text{Ace of hearts, 2=Two of hearts, }\mathrm{....}\text{, 52=King of Spades}$ .

The following command will then generate one possible draw from a shuffled deck of $52$ cards:

randInt( $1,52$ )

(c)

To determine

To explain how we would use the calculator’s RANDINT command to perform each of the task.

Answer to Problem 5.14E

randInt( $1,500,12$ )

Explanation of Solution

The task is pick a jury of $12$ people from a small town with the population of $500$ adult citizen.

We want to pick a jury of $12$ people from a small town with the population of $500$ adult citizen.

Let us number the $500$ people from $1\text{ to 500}$ .

The following command will then generate $12$ people for the jury:

randInt( $1,500,12$ )