Mr. Sullivan places tiles numbered 1 through 18 in a bag and assigns a number to represent each of the 18 students in his class. Students will present their final reports in the order that their assigned tiles are drawn from the bag. Is Mr. Sullivan being fair? Explain.

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Mathematics

6 November, 07:12

Mr. Sullivan places tiles numbered 1 through 18 in a bag and assigns a number to represent each of the 18 students in his class. Students will present their final reports in the order that their assigned tiles are drawn from the bag. Is Mr. Sullivan being fair? Explain.

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Gabriella Ortega · Answer 1

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is based upon probability. Each student has a 1 in 18 chance of going first. To complete this mathematically is as follows:

1/18 = 0.05555556

So each student has approximately a 5 percent chance of being chosen first. Now as students are chosen, the probability of them being last grows as students are eliminated because they are chosen based upon their assigned number.