There are 12 pencils, 14 erasers, and 10 packages of
notebook paper to be boxed. each box must contain only
one type of item, and every item must be boxed. what is
the most that can be placed in a box so that each box has
the same number of items?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8

Apsychology student wishes to investigate differences in political opinions between business majors and political science majors at her college. she randomly selects 100 students from the 260 business majors and 100 students from the 180 political science majors. does this sampling plan result in a simple random sample? why or why not? no, because each group of 200 students in the sample does not have the same chance of being selected. yes, because each group of 200 students in the sample has the same chance of being selected. no, because each individual student does not have an equal chance of being selected. yes, because each individual student has the same chance of being selected.