In: Statistics and Probability
in a flower shop where they sell roses, carnations, tulips, and daffodils. How many different bouquets of 6 flowers can she make?
In a flower shop, they sell roses, carnations, tulips, and daffodils.
So, there are 4 different types of flowers.
We have to find, how many different bouquets of 6 flowers can be made.
Now, the first flower of the bouquet can be any one of rose, carnation, tulip, or daffodil. so, the first flower can have 4 options.
For any one of these choices, the second flower also has 4 options.
Similarly, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth flowers, can also be chosen in 4 ways, each.
So, by multiplication rule of combination,
The bouquet can be made in
So, the answer is the bouquet of 6 flowers can be made in 4096 number of ways.