Casey purchased a pack of assorted flower seeds and planted them in her garden. When the first 25 flowers bloomed, 11 were white, 5 were red, 3 were blue, and the rest were yellow. Find the empirical probability that a flower that blooms will be yellow.

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Casey purchased a pack of assorted flower seeds and planted them in her garden.  When the first 25 flowers bloomed, 11 were white, 5 were red, 3 were blue, and the rest were yellow.  Find the empirical probability that a flower that blooms will be yellow.

kropot72 · Answer

First you need to find the number of yellow blooming flowers among the first 25 flowers to bloom. Let's call this number n. The required probability is then n/25.