A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower bulbs in a basket:
6 amaryllis
7 daffodils
4 lilies
3 tulips
A customer buys 4 bulbs from the basket, one of each type of flower. If the next customer selects 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, what is the probability that customer will get an amaryllis bulb?
(1 point)
Responses
3 over 8
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11 over 16
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5 over 16
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3 over 10
To find the probability of the next customer getting an amaryllis bulb, we need to analyze the remaining bulbs in the basket. After the first customer buys 4 bulbs, there are 6-1=5 amaryllis bulbs remaining.
Out of the total number of bulbs remaining in the basket (7-1=6 daffodils, 4-1=3 lilies, and 3-1=2 tulips), there are 5+6+3+2=16 bulbs.
Therefore, the probability that the next customer will get an amaryllis bulb is 5/16.
The correct answer is 5 over 16.