A garden store has the following miscellaneous flower bulbs in a basket:
7 amaryllis
5 daffodils
6 lilies
4 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 tulip bulb?
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First, we need to determine the total number of remaining bulbs in the basket after the first customer bought 4 bulbs.
Total number of bulbs initially = 7 (amaryllis) + 5 (daffodils) + 6 (lilies) + 4 (tulips) = 22 bulbs
After the first customer bought 4 bulbs, there are 22 - 4 = 18 bulbs remaining in the basket.
Next, we need to find the probability of selecting a tulip bulb from the remaining bulbs.
Probability of selecting a tulip bulb = Number of tulip bulbs / Total number of remaining bulbs
Probability of selecting a tulip bulb = 4 (tulips) / 18 (total remaining bulbs)
Probability of selecting a tulip bulb = 4/18
Probability of selecting a tulip bulb = 2/9
Therefore, the probability that the next customer will select a tulip bulb from the remaining bulbs is 2/9 or approximately 0.2222.