document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468122>Question 468122</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Essay; show all work. Last fall, a gardener planted 95 iris bulbs. She found that only 80 of the bulbs bloomed in the spring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Find the empirical probability that an iris bulb of this type will bloom. Give answer as a fraction in lowest terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    How many of the bulbs should she plant next fall if she would like at least 91 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 #321201 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=321201\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 80/95 = .842105263<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's the empirical probability that the iris bulbs will bloom.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "based on this probability, if she would like at least 91 to bloom, she should plant at least 91/.842105263 = 108.90625 bulbs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this should be rounded up to 91.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she plants 91 and .842105263 * 91 of them bloom.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this would come out to be 91.78947365 bulb will bloom, which rounds down to 91.\r<BR>\n" );
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