Q:

A garden store has the following miscellaneous 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 selectsc1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customer will get an amaryllis bulb

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Using it's concept, it is found that there is a 0.3125 = 31.25% probability that the customer will get an amaryllis bulb.What is a probability?A probability is given by the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.In this problem, after the first customer selects one of each flower, there will be 5 + 6 + 3 + 2 = 16 flowers, of which 5 will be amaryllis, hence:p = 5/16 = 0.3125.0.3125 = 31.25% probability that the customer will get an amaryllis bulb.More can be learned about probabilities at