SOLUTION: Essay. Show all work. Last fall, a gardener planted 63 Iris bulbs. She found that only 57 fo the bulbs bloomed in the spring. *Find the empirical probability that an iris bulb o

Question 443027: Essay. Show all work. Last fall, a gardener planted 63 Iris bulbs. She found that only 57 fo the bulbs bloomed in the spring.
*Find the empirical probability that an iris bulb of this type will bloom. Give answer as a fraction in lowest terms.
*How many of the buls should she plant next fall if she would like at least 60 to bloom?
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Essay. Show all work. Last fall, a gardener planted 63 Iris bulbs. She found that only 57 fo the bulbs bloomed in the spring.
*Find the empirical probability that an iris bulb of this type will bloom. Give answer as a fraction in lowest terms.
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Ans: 57/63 = 19/21
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*How many of the buls should she plant next fall if she would like at least 60 to bloom?
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Let "x" be the number she should plant.
Solve: (19/21)x >= 60
x >= (21/19)60 = 67 when rounded up
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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