HSA 2006 Algebra/Data Analysis Item 6print

HSA 2006 Algebra/Data Analysis Item 6

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A cereal company awards a prize to anyone who collects all 5 different game pieces. Each game piece has an equal chance of being placed in a box of cereal. Each box of cereal contains only 1 game piece.

Complete the following in the Answer Book:

Design a simulation of at least 30 trials that can be used to estimate how many boxes of cereal a person needs to buy to collect all 5 different game pieces. Describe how to collect and interpret the data so that you have confidence in the estimation.

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