Assessment Item 27

Steve is a member of the baseball team. He averages 2 hits for every 5 times at bat. Steve might get a hit his next time at bat. Which of these methods could not be used to simulate this situation?      A     Flip a fair coin once. Let heads represent a hit and let tails represent not getting a hit.    B     Use a random number generator. Let 1 and 5 represent a hit and let 2, 3, and 4 represent not getting a hit.    C     Spin a spinner with 10 equally-sized sections. Let 4 sections represent getting a hit and let 6 sections represent not getting a hit.    D     Draw a marble from a bag that contains 8 red and 12 blue marbles. Let a red marble represent getting a hit and let a blue marble represent not getting a hit.