A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower bulbs in a basket: 7 amaryllis, 5 daffodils, 6 lilies, 4 tulips. A customer bought 4 bulbs from the basket, one of each type of flower. If the next customer selected 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customers will get a tulip bulb?
A)22%
B)18%
C)83%
D)17%
To find the probability that the next customer will select a tulip bulb, we first need to find the total number of remaining bulbs. After the first customer purchased 4 bulbs, there are 18 bulbs left (7 amaryllis, 4 daffodils, 6 lilies, 4 tulips).
The probability of selecting a tulip bulb out of the remaining bulbs is:
Probability = Number of tulips / Total number of remaining bulbs
Probability = 4 / 18
Probability = 2 / 9
Probability ≈ 0.2222
This is approximately 22%, so the answer is:
A) 22%