Question

A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower bulbs in a basket:

• 6 amaryllis

• 7 daffodils

• 4 lilies

• 3 tulips

A customer bought 4 bulbs from the basket, one of each type of flower. If the next customer selects 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customer will get an amaryllis bulb?

(1 point)

30%

31%

38%

45%

Answer 1

To find the probability that the next customer will select an amaryllis bulb, we first need to find the total number of remaining bulbs after the first customer purchased 4 bulbs:

6 amaryllis - 1 purchased = 5 remaining
7 daffodils - 1 purchased = 6 remaining
4 lilies - 1 purchased = 3 remaining
3 tulips - 1 purchased = 2 remaining

Total remaining bulbs = 5 + 6 + 3 + 2 = 16

The probability of the next customer selecting an amaryllis bulb is the number of amaryllis bulbs remaining (5) divided by the total number of remaining bulbs (16):

5/16 ≈ 0.3125 = 31%

Therefore, the closest probability that the customer will get an amaryllis bulb is 31%.