A radio station is hosting a contest for its listeners. The winner of the contest will receive VIP passes to an upcoming, sold-out, concert. At the end of the contest, there are 2,000 entries. If the radio station wants each entry to have a fair chance of being selected, which of the following describes a method that cannot be used to help the radio station make a decision?
A.
Randomly assign the 2,000 contest entries to ten equal-size lots. Then, randomly select one of the lots and place it in a bin. Randomly select an entry to win the VIP concert passes.

B.
Place the first 200 contest entries into a bin, and randomly select a winner from the bin.

C.
All of the methods can be used to help the radio station make a fair decision.

D.
Using a random number generator, assign each contest entry a number, eliminating duplicate numbers. Choose the contest entry with the greatest assigned number to win the VIP concert passes.

Question

A radio station is hosting a contest for its listeners. The winner of the contest will receive VIP passes to an upcoming, sold-out, concert. At the end of the contest, there are 2,000 entries. If the radio station wants each entry to have a fair chance of being selected, which of the following describes a method that cannot be used to help the radio station make a decision?
 A. 
Randomly assign the 2,000 contest entries to ten equal-size lots. Then, randomly select one of the lots and place it in a bin. Randomly select an entry to win the VIP concert passes.

B. 
Place the first 200 contest entries into a bin, and randomly select a winner from the bin.

C. 
All of the methods can be used to help the radio station make a fair decision.

D. 
Using a random number generator, assign each contest entry a number, eliminating duplicate numbers. Choose the contest entry with the greatest assigned number to win the VIP concert passes.

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