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 selects 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customer will get a tulip bulb?
The total number of bulbs remaining in the basket after the first customer's purchase is 7 (2 amaryllis, 5 daffodils, 6 lilies, and 3 tulips).
The probability that the next customer will get a tulip bulb is the number of tulip bulbs remaining divided by the total number of bulbs remaining:
P(tulip bulb) = 3 tulips / (2 amaryllis + 5 daffodils + 6 lilies + 3 tulips)
P(tulip bulb) = 3 / 16
P(tulip bulb) = 0.1875
Therefore, the probability that the next customer will get a tulip bulb is closest to 0.1875.