Two friends entered a contest jointly and won; however, there is only one prize and it cannot be split. Some methods of selectin

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Two friends entered a contest jointly and won; however, there is only one prize and it cannot be split. Some methods of selectin

g who receives the prize are given below. A: Place both names in equal amounts into a hat and draw one without looking. B: Ask a stranger to flip a coin. C: Roll a die and evaluate the outcome as either even or odd. D: Throw a stone closest to an object. E: Play a hand of blackjack. F: Ask a random stranger to select. The methods that are fair include _____ because _____ is flawed due to increased chances of winning based on one's skill, ______ is flawed due to poor randomization, and ______ is flawed due to unequal probabilities of winning and losing.

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ryzh [129] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-01T12:01:23+03:00

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The methods that are fair include __A, B and C__ because __D__ is flawed due to increased chances of winning based on one's skill, ___F___ is flawed due to poor randomization, and ___E___ is flawed due to unequal probabilities of winning and losing.

Step-by-step explanation:

A. Place both names in equal amounts into a hat and draw one without looking:

If you place both names in equal amounts into a hat, then the probability of picking any one of the names would be equal.

For example, if you put 20 pieces of paper containing each name in a hat, then,there will be 40 names in the hat. The probability of picking any one or the other randomly would be:

P = 20/40 =1/2

B. Ask a stranger to flip a coin:

A coin has only two faces, head and tail. Hence, if one person picks head and the other picks tail, the probability of landing on either head or tail is given as:

P = 1/2

C. Roll a die and evaluate the outcome as either even or odd:

A die has 6 faces with equal number of faces with equal number of even numbers and odd numbers, 3. Hence, the probability of rolling an even or odd number is given as:

P = 3/6 = 1/2

D. Throw a stone closest to an object:

This method is not fair because then it depends solely on who can throw the farthest i.e. the physical ability of the throwers.

E. Play a hand of blackjack

This method is flawed because it has unequal probabilities of winning and losing.

F. Ask a random stranger to select:

This method is unfair because it then depends solely on the random picker. The picker could have personal preferences or a bias based on maybe height, beauty, weight, basically anything characteristic. Hence, it is unfair.