A class of 24 students wants to choose 3 students at random to bring food for a class party. Any set of 3 students should have an equal chance of being chosen. Which of the following strategies will result in a fair decision?
A. Assign a number to each student. Write the numbers on slips of paper and put them all in a hat. Randomly choose three slips of paper. The students with those three number can bring the food.
B. Arrange the students in a line. Start at one end and have each student flip a coin. The first three students to flip heads can bring the food.

Question

A class of 24 students wants to choose 3 students at random to bring food for a class party. Any set of 3 students should have an equal chance of being chosen. Which of the following strategies will result in a fair decision?
  A. Assign a number to each student. Write the numbers on slips of paper and put them all in a hat. Randomly choose three slips of paper. The students with those three number can bring the food. 	
  B. Arrange the students in a line. Start at one end and have each student flip a coin. The first three students to flip heads can bring the food.

anonymous · Answer

C. Ask the students to volunteer. The first three students to raise their hands can bring the food. 	
  D. None of the above.

agent0smith · Answer

Which do you think is most random?

anonymous · Answer

a?

agent0smith · Answer

Picking names out of a hat is pretty random, so yes.