Question

A bag of 100 tulip bulbs purchased from a nursery contains 25 red tulip bulbs, 40 yellow tulip bulbs, and 35 purple tulip bulbs. (a) What is the probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is red? (b) What is the probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is purple? (c) Interpret these two probabilities. (a) The probability that a randomly selected tulip is red is (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) The probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is purple is (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round) (c) Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes within your choice. (Type whole numbers.) O A. If 100 tulip bulbs were sampled with replacement, one would expect exactly . of the bulbs to be red and exactly of the bulbs to be purple OB. If 100 tulip bulbs were sampled with replacement, one would expect about of the bulbs to be red and about the bulbs to be purple of

Answer 1

Ans:

a)

The probability that a randomly selected tulip is red=25/100=0.25

b)

The probability that a randomly selected tulip is purple=35/100=0.35

c)

Option B is correct.

one would expect about 25 of the bulbs to be red and about 35 of the bulbs to be purple