How to Make Beautiful Flower Arrangements

I’m not sure how to solve this problem. If someone could explain the steps I’d be very grateful!

"If you were planting 10 flowers in a row and 5 of them were red, 3 of them were yellow, and 2 of them were purple, in how many different looking arrangements could the 10 flowers be arranged?"

Dear fournier,

There are ten positions in the row you are planting. Imagine that you decide where to plant the red flowers first, and that flowers are not distinguished by any other features. Then there are C(10, 5) different placements possible for these five flowers, where C(n,k) = n! / [k! (n - k)!] (known as the binomial coefficient, which is the number of ways that exactly k items can be chosen from a set of n items). This leaves five positions for the other flowers. If you decide where to plant the yellow flowers next, then there are C(10 – 5, 3) = C(5, 3) different placements for these flowers, given the positions of the red flowers. The remaining purple flowers go into the last two positions, so there is only one placement left for them, given the positions of the red and yellow flowers. (You can express this mathematically as C(10 – 5 – 3, 2) = C(2, 2) = 1.) If you multiply together these ways of placing each color of flower, then you obtain the total number of different-looking arrangements:

C(10, 5) C(10 – 5, 3) C(10 – 5 – 3, 2)
= C(10, 5) C(5, 3) C(2, 2)
= (10! / [5! (10 - 5)!]) (5! / [3! (5 - 3)!]) (2! / [2! (2 - 2)!])
= (10! / [5! 5!]) (5! / [3! 2!]) (2! / [2! 0!])
= 10! / (5! 3! 2!)
= (10)(9)(8)(7)(6) / [(3)(2)(2)]
= (10)(9)(4)(7)
= 2520.

Notice that there is no requirement that you decide to start by placing the red flowers. For instance, if you begin with the yellow flowers, then the purple, and finally the red, the total number of different-looking arrangements is the same:

C(10, 3) C(10 – 3, 2) C(10 – 3 – 2, 5)
= C(10, 3) C(7, 2) C(5, 5)
= (10! / [3! 7!]) (7! / [2! 5!]) (5! / [5! 0!])
= 10! / (3! 2! 5!)
= 2520.

I am ordering flowers and arranging them myself for my wedding. I need to know that it is okay to have the flowers in the same water. Also, How long will they last? My plan was to have them delivered 2 days before the wedding, arrange them right away, and then hide them in a dark cooler place(Like the basement, I can’t fit them all into the fridge). Will they be okay for the wedding? Any other advise? Thanks!!!
I am ordering flowers and arranging them myself for my wedding. I need to know that it is okay to have the flowers in the same water. Also, How long will they last? My plan was to have them delivered 2 days before the wedding, arrange them right away, and then hide them in a dark cooler place(Like the basement, I can’t fit them all into the fridge). Will they be okay? Should I change the water the morning of the wedding? Any other advise? Thanks!!!

Note: I am ordering them from a bulk store with a good reputation for there flowers, not a florist. So, there won’t be any florist to hold on to them before the wedding.
Note: I was planning on using waterproof floral tape in a grid pattern to keep the flowers seperate. Should I use foam(or marbles) too?

Yes – you can arrange them together. two days ahead is ok. make the arrangement light and airy. Remove most of leaves, add ferns and baby’s breath for a really spectacular touch. It would help if you were to put clear marbles in the bottoms of the vases so you can control the arrangement by placing each individual stem into the arrangments instead of having all flowers clumped together. If you are using vases that are not clear, then use florist sponge to arrange the flowers. Keep the heavier flowers toward the center and then lighten up as you move to the edges. How you arrange will determine how it looks. Again – keep flowers light and airy in the arrangement. Have a wonderful wedding. People are going to be looking at you – not the flowers.

well i want to move to san bernandino i currently live in LA so i want to open a store and sale stuff such as house hold items, like joans and junk food such as chips and candy, fake jewelry and flower/basket arrange ments, used and new clothing .99products as well. my question is how do i make it sale and keep

let me tell u something, the best way to start off is with scemes,

i know it has to do with how the flower is arranged but i don’t know what thy represent or how it is used. ie K2-4 and so on. sometimes even with the infinite sign or something.

K = calyx, the sepals; also symbolized Ca
C = corolla, the petals; also symbolized Co
A = androecium, the stamens; also symbolized S
G = gynoecium, the pistil(s)

These are shorthand symbols used to write a floral formula, which tells you about the construction of the flower. For instance, a tulip flower has the floral formula
Ca 3 Co 3 S 6 G 3 (with a circle around the 3 of the G to symbolize three united carpels)

The infinity symbol is used for "many", which is defined as "more than 10" — so poppy stamens are symbolized as
S infinity, for instance.

If you poke around on the web using the search term "floral formula" you’ll find some examples written properly, as I cannot write them here.

my father and stepmother are getting married through the church and we are having a family get together at our ranch home . I have always loved to do creative work and often buy retail flowers and arrange them. i would like to make the flower arrangments for the event but buying the flowers retial at the amount we need is not practicle. so i am trying to get a licence to buy wholesale flowers, but don’t know how and search engines are no help. i do not need a vendors licence because i would only use it for my personal use or for buying and arrging as gifts. can anyone help?

Contact your local Sales Tax Office.
http://www.window.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/phonebook.pl

OR

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxpermit/

You need to find a business name for the Tax Number. $10.00 for a business name usually. Use to be $25.00 for the Tax Permit….