Counting and Probability: Conducting Simulations

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Suppose about $5 \%$ of the world has hazel eyes, of the $6$ eye colors possible.

What would be an appropriate simulation to represent the probability that a random person has hazel eyes?

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Option A: A

Rolling a $20$ -sided die where landing on one number is a success and landing on the others is a failure.

Option B: B

Picking a marble from a bag of $5$ uniquely-colored marbles, where each color is a different outcome.

Option C: C

Rolling a loaded $6$ -sided die where landing on the number representative of hazel eyes is the most likely result.

Option D: D

Picking one of a bag of $20$ marbles, containing $1$ green marble, where only $6$ colors are possible.

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