Chapter 5.1, Problem 5.9E

(a)

To determine

To explain clearly how you would label the $440$ precincts and how many digits make up each of your label and also find out what is the greatest number of precincts you could label using this number of digits.

Answer to Problem 5.9E

The greatest number of precincts that could be labeled this way would be $1000$

Explanation of Solution

The precincts would be labeled from $001\text{ to }440$ . The greatest number of precincts that could be labeled this way would be $1000$ since they could be labeled from $000$ through $999$ .

(b)

To determine

To choose the first ten precincts in the SRS using the table B at line $107$ .

Answer to Problem 5.9E

  $395,020,118,167,300,360,241,065,188,365$ .

Explanation of Solution

The first ten precincts in the SRS are $395,020,118,167,300,360,241,065,188,365$ .