document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=194851>Question 194851</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Last fall, a gardener planted 74 tulip bulbs. She found that only 62 of the bulbs bloomed in the spring.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) find the empirical probability that a tulip bulb of this type will bloom.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) How many of the bulbs should she plant next fall if she would like at least 95 to bloom? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #146183 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=146183\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1)Empirical evidence (on a sample of one) shows that 62/74 or 0.838 of planted bulbs result in flowers. So the 'odds are' 83.8% of planted bulbs flower.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) How many bulbs are required in order to have 95 that flower? Based on the results on part 1, 83.8% of the planted bulbs flower. You want to have 95 flower, so<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=NumberPlanted+=+113.38 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"NumberPlanted+=+113.38\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can't plant 0.38 of a bulb, so you'll want to plant 114 bulbs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given that tulips are perennials, and you already have 65 bulbs that flower, the gardners could plant 114 - 65 = 49 more bulbs and get 95 that flower.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But I suspect this problem will want 114 as the answer to part 2.<BR>\n" );
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