Eliza Frye

Mathematics

14 September, 20:16

Nancy is studying constellations in science class. Two things are strongly supported by all random samples of the number of stars in a constellation. Most constellations have from three to seven stars in them, and very few constellations have more than nine stars in them. Which of the following could be random samples of the number of stars in a constellation?

2, 6, 8, 3, 7, 9, 4, 9, 8, 7, 3, 2, 8, 11, 3

14, 6, 5, 3, 7, 2, 4, 9, 6, 7, 3, 6, 5, 11, 3

12, 6, 5, 3, 14, 4, 10, 7, 6, 11, 3, 5, 4, 11, 3

2, 7, 3, 7, 9, 3, 10, 3, 6, 5, 3, 7, 2, 5, 8

5, 6, 14, 3, 11, 2, 12, 9, 10, 9, 3, 2, 8, 11, 2