SOLUTION: Last fall, a gardener planted 74 tulip bulbs. She found that only 62 of the bulbs bloomed in the spring. a) Find the empirical probability that a tulip bulb of this type will b

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Question 211182: Last fall, a gardener planted 74 tulip bulbs. She found that only 62 of the bulbs bloomed in the spring.
a) Find the empirical probability that a tulip bulb of this type will bloom
b) How many of the bulbs should she plant next fall if she would like at least 95 to bloom?
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Last fall, a gardener planted 74 tulip bulbs. She found that only 62 of the bulbs bloomed in the spring.
a) Find the empirical probability that a tulip bulb of this type will bloom
Ans: 62/74
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b) How many of the bulbs should she plant next fall if she would like at least 95 to bloom?
x/95 = 74/62
x = 95(74/62) = 113.39
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Need to plant 114 bulbs
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Cheers,
Stan H.