The list of digits below is from a random number generator using technology. Use the list of numbers to obtain a simple random sample of size 3 from this list. If you start on the left and take the first three numbers between 1 and 9, what three books would be selected from the numbered list?

Question Continuation

5 2 5 5 2 1 0 5 7 5 8 9 3 7 2

Options

A. A Tale of Two Cities, Huckleberry Finn, A Tale of Two Cities

B. A Tale of Two Cities, Huckleberry Finn, The Sun Also Rises

C. A Tale of Two Cities, Huckleberry Finn, Crime and Punishment

D. Huckleberry Finn, Crime and Punishment, The Jungle

E. Crime and Punishment, The Jungle, The Sun Also Rises

Book List

1. Crime and Punishment

2. Huckleberry Finn

3. The Sun Also Rises

4. As I Lay Dying

5. A Tale of Two Cities

6. Death of a Salesman

7. The Jungle

8. Pride and Prejudice

9. The Scarlet Letter

Answer:

C. A Tale of Two Cities, Huckleberry Finn, Crime and Punishment

Step by step explanation

Counting from the left, the selected numbers are 5, 2 and 1

The books are

5. A Tale of two cities

2. Huckleberry Finn

1. Crime and Punishment

Note that the numbers on the list are 5 2 5 5 2 1

After book 5 and 2 have been selected, the next series of numbers (5 5 2) can not be considered because they've already been selected.

So, the next number after 5 2 5 5 2 is then selected, which is 1

The selected books are:

The books are: A Tale of two cities, Huckleberry Finn, Crime and Punishment