A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower 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 selects 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customer will get an amaryllis bulb?
The total number of remaining bulbs in the basket is 6 + 7 + 4 + 3 - 4 = 16.
The number of remaining amaryllis bulbs is 6 - 1 = 5.
The probability that the next customer will get an amaryllis bulb is 5/16, which simplifies to 0.3125 or 31.25%.
Therefore, the closest probability to getting an amaryllis bulb is 31.25%.