An inspector at a bus company wishes to conduct mechanical tests on a sample of the 40 buses parked at the bus station overnight. He numbers the buses from 00 to 39.

(a) Use the random number table below, starting at the beginning of the table, to select a simple random sample of size 8.

523101 2400 1279 27 311136 83 68 08 35 98 1627

18 of the buses (numbered 00 to 17) are small local buses and 22 of the buses(numbered 18 to 39) are large long-distance buses.