A garden store has the following miscellaneous bulbs in a basket:
5 amaryllis
6 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 a daffodil bulb?
A. 36%
B. 27%
C. 29%
D. 21%
18 bulbs to start with
14 after initial purchase
5 of those are daffodils, so ...
no. what is 5/14?
To determine the probability that the next customer will get a daffodil bulb, we need to calculate the total number of bulbs and the number of daffodil bulbs remaining.
The customer initially bought 4 bulbs, one of each type of flower. This means that there are 5 - 1 = 4 amaryllis bulbs remaining, 6 - 1 = 5 daffodil bulbs remaining, 4 - 1 = 3 lily bulbs remaining, and 3 - 1 = 2 tulip bulbs remaining.
The total number of remaining bulbs is 4 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 14.
The probability of selecting a daffodil bulb next would be the number of daffodil bulbs remaining divided by the total number of remaining bulbs, which is 5/14.
To find the closest percentage to this probability, we calculate 5/14 as a percentage: (5/14) * 100 ≈ 35.71%.
Since none of the given answer choices exactly match this percentage, the closest option is A. 36%.
To find the probability that the next customer will get a daffodil bulb, we need to calculate the ratio of the number of daffodil bulbs to the total remaining bulbs.
First, let's find the total number of bulbs remaining after the customer bought 4 bulbs.
Total bulbs = Total amaryllis + Total daffodils + Total lilies + Total tulips
Total bulbs = 5 + 6 + 4 + 3 = 18
Now, let's find the number of daffodil bulbs remaining after the customer bought one.
Daffodil bulbs remaining = Total daffodils - Bulbs bought
Daffodil bulbs remaining = 6 - 1 = 5
To calculate the probability, we divide the number of daffodil bulbs remaining by the total number of bulbs remaining and multiply it by 100 to get the percentage.
Probability = (Daffodil bulbs remaining / Total bulbs remaining) * 100
Probability = (5 / 18) * 100
Probability ≈ 27.78%
Therefore, the closest probability to the customer getting a daffodil bulb is 27%, which corresponds to option B.