Question

A florist is going to make a five flower arrangement from the following flowers: a lily, a rose, a carnation, a daisy, a dahlia, and an iris. What is the probability of her not choosing a daisy?

Answer 1

Here total available flowers are a lily,a rose , a carnation , a daisy, a dahlia and an iris that is 6 .

And florist is going to make a five flower arrangement from the given 6 flowers without selecting a daisy. SO he have a total of 5 flowers available .

Therefore required probability = 5/6

Answer 2

$|\Omega|=6\\|A|=5\\\\P(A)=\dfrac{5}{6}\approx83\%$