Three-Flower Bouquet Costs
Problem
You are given a DataFrame `stems` with columns `stem_name` and `price`, the per-stem price for each kind of flower a florist stocks.
A signature bouquet uses exactly **three different stems**. List the cost of every possible three-stem bouquet. Within each bouquet the stem names must appear in alphabetical order, separated by commas, and no stem may repeat. Output `bouquet` (the comma-joined names) and `total_price` (the rounded sum of the three prices, to 2 decimals). Order by `total_price` descending, then `bouquet` ascending.
Input data
Example rows — the live problem includes the full dataset.
| stem_name | price |
|---|---|
| Rose | 1.20 |
| Tulip | 0.80 |
| Lily | 1.50 |
| Daisy | 0.40 |
Expected output
Your answer should return 4 rows with the columns bouquet, total_price.
Starter code (Pandas (Python))
import pandas as pd
def three_flower_bouquet_costs(stems) -> pd.DataFrame:
# Your code here
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