A bag of 100 tulip bulbs purchased from a nursery contains 40 red tulip bulbs, 40 yellow tulip bulbs, and 20 purple tulip bulbs.

Question

A bag of 100 tulip bulbs purchased from a nursery contains 40 red tulip bulbs, 40 yellow tulip bulbs, and 20 purple tulip bulbs.
(a) What is the probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is red?
(b) What is the probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is purple?
(c) Interpret these two probabilities.
(a) The probability that a randomly selected tulip is red is
(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.)
(b) The probability that a randomly selected tulip bulb is purple is.
(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.)
(c) Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes within your choice.
(Type whole numbers.)
A. If 100 tulip bulbs were sampled with replacement, one would expect about______of the bulbs to be red and about_______of the bulbs to be purple.
B. If 100 tulip bulbs were sampled with replacement.. one would expect exactly ________of the bulbs to be red and exactly_______of the bulbs to be purple.

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