SB 7.35 fair method

Question

35. Every year, the NBA holds a draft lottery. Teams who miss the playoffs in any given year are put into the lottery the next year. The team with the worst record gets 250 table tennis balls in the hopper. The second worst record gets 199 table tennis balls. The number of table tennis balls dwindles to 5 for the 14th worst team. Is this a fair way to determine draft order?

 

a) this is a fair method

b) this is not a fair method

c) not enough information

Answer 1

Since the difference between the number of tennis balls and team rank was available for only two teams, there is not enough information to answer the question.

 

Option C

 

Team 1 gets 250; Team 2 gets 199; a difference of 51.

if this pattern is repeated, then no balls will be available for team 5.

so the number of balls assigned to each rank is not a repetitive number.