A researcher wants to survey a random sample of 100 students from a school with 500 students to understand their opinions on a new cafeteria menu. Which of the following scenarios best represents random sampling?

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The researcher surveys the first 100 students who arrive at the cafeteria on a Monday morning.

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The researcher surveys the first 100 students who arrive at the cafeteria on a Friday morning.

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The researcher surveys 100 students who volunteer to participate in the survey.

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The researcher assigns a unique number to each student and uses a random number generator to select 100 students.

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