You Are About to Buy a Lottery Ticket and You

question 519

Multiple Choice

You are about to buy a lottery ticket and you want to choose your favourite numbers 37, 18, 4, 7, 25, and 42. Your friend says that instead you should choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This does not seem like a good choice to you so you just choose your favourite numbers. Why might you prefer your favourite numbers?

• A)Your numbers follow a means-ends analysis.
• B)Your friend's numbers are too divergent.
• C)Your friend's numbers are too algorithmic.
• D)Your favourite numbers are more available.
• E)Your favourite numbers seem more representative of a random sequence.

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Definitions:

Chordate Group

A large group of animals that, at some stage in their development, possess a notochord, dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.

Bony Fishes

Fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilaginous fishes; this group includes the vast majority of current fish species.

Placoderms

A group of extinct jawed fishes.

Extinct

The state in which a species no longer exists anywhere on Earth, often due to environmental changes, predation, or human activities.