Q:

In addition to prizes for first, second, and third place, the organizers of a race have a prize that they want each participant to have an equal chance of winning. Select the description of a fair method of choosing a winner for this prize. A. The tallest participant will win the prize.B. If the participants in the race each have a number, the organizers could select a number by putting slips of paper with each number into a box and randomly choosing one.C. The participant in last place will win the prize.D. Each participant gets a number of slips of paper put into a box based on their finishing place. One participant is then randomly chosen from the box.

Accepted Solution

A:
If the organizers of a race have a prize that they want each participant to have an equal chance of winning, the description of a fair method of choosing a winner for this prize is "If the participants in the race each have a number, the organizers could select a number by putting slips of paper with each number into a box and randomly choosing one".