Question

A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower 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 "lily" bulb? A. 36% B. 27% C. 29% D. 21%

Answer 1

To find the probability of getting a lily, you will create a fraction with the possible number of lilies and the total number of possibilities after the first 4 bulbs were removed.

# of lilies    3
total bulbs  14

3/14 = 0.21

The probability is approximately 21%.