Pre Prob 3.5 Win a Trip to Jurassic Park

A cereal company wants to promote their new Cretaceous Crunch Cereal. They are offering a prize to the first person to collect all six dinosaur toys which come one per cereal box. If you are the first person to collect all six, you get a trip to the island where Jurassic Park was filmed.

Design a study to determine how many boxes of cereal you would have to buy to get all six dinosaurs.

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How many simulations will you need to do to make the study viable?

 Design the study. You might choose to use dice, calculator, or spinner.  Collect and organize the data.  Make your prediction for the number of boxes needed.  Justify your prediction.  Present your study and your conclusion.  Compare your study and conclusion with other groups.  Write your final conclusion.