One cold, snowy winter evening on Valentine\u2019s Day, Jasper was in a hurry to buy a bouquet for his sweetheart Molly while rushing on the way to her birthday party.<\/p>\n
The only flower shop Jasper found open among the swirling snow flurries was the Thrifty Flower Emporium, where a total of fifteen flowers were left, namely five Lily of the Incas, four anemones, three carnations and three daffodils.<\/p>\n
Since Jasper didn\u2019t have much money on him, he decided to buy just three flowers, one for each of the years he had known Molly.<\/p>\n
However, there was the problem of choosing the right combination of flowers, which caused a mental block to occur in Jasper, and he stepped from one foot to the other in complete indecision.<\/p>\n
The shop attendant, Susan, noticed Jasper\u2019s panicky bewilderment, and informed him that they had just bought a Smart Pick flower randomizer which could select from among the available flowers and have Jasper\u2019s bouquet for Molly ready in a jiffy.<\/p>\n
This good news put a big smile on Jasper\u2019s face, and in no time Jasper walked out of the Thrifty Flower Emporium proudly exhibiting a bouquet with three flowers in his hand, in a sprint to reach Molly\u2019s birthday party on time.<\/p>\n
What would you say were the number of possible triple-flower bouquets that could be made with the fifteen flowers available at the Thrifty Flower Emporium?<\/em><\/p>\n And what is the probability that all the flowers were different?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>