SOLUTION: A gardener wishes to landscape a piece property by planting flowers across the front and back of the house. From a box containing 3 tulip bulbs, 4 daffodil bulbs, 3 hyacinth bulbs

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Question 1151587: A gardener wishes to landscape a piece property by planting flowers across the front and back
of the house. From a box containing 3 tulip bulbs, 4 daffodil bulbs, 3 hyacinth bulbs he selects
at random to be planted at the front of the house, and the remaining 5 are planted at the rear
of the house. What is the probability that 1 tulip plant, 2 daffodil plants, and 2 hyacinth plants
bloom at the front of the house?

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A gardener wishes to landscape a piece property by planting flowers across the front and back
of the house. From a box containing 3 tulip bulbs, 4 daffodil bulbs, 3 hyacinth bulbs he selects highlight%28five_flowers%29
at random to be planted at the front of the house, and the remaining 5 highlight%28cross%28are%29%29 to be planted at the rear
of the house. What is the probability that 1 tulip plant, 2 daffodil plants, and 2 hyacinth plants
bloom highlight%28are%29 at the front of the house?
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It is very standard problem on combinations.


The number of all favorable combinations is  C%5B3%5D%5E1.C%5B4%5D%5E2.C%5B3%5D%5E2 = 3*6*3 = 54.


The number of all possible sets of 5 flowers randomly selected from 10 flowers is

    C%5B10%5D%5E5 = %2810%2A9%2A8%2A7%2A6%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%2A4%2A5%29 = 252.


Therefore, the probability under the problem's question is  P = 54%2F252 = 27%2F126 = 3%2F14.    ANSWER

Solved.

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    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
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    - Elementary Probability problems related to combinations
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