Question

A garden store has the following miscellaneous bulbs in a basket:

Answer 1

Okay. Since we know that the customer before them bought one of each type of bulb, we can subtract one bulb from each type so now, here is what the store has:

5 amaryllis

6 daffodils

3 lilies

2 tulips

Next, let’s find the probability of the customer picking an amaryllis.

We know there are 5 amaryllis, so we can put that as the numerator.

Next, we have to add up all the flowers to get the denominator.

5+6+3+2

I got 16.

So now we have 5/16

So, that is our answer! 5/16, or as a decimal 0.3125, or as a percentage 31.25%.

Hope this helps! Comment if you have any questions! :)