You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on vacation. Without water the plant will die with probability 0.9. With water it will die with probability 0.4. You are 89 % certain the neighbor will remember to water the plant. When you are on vacation, find the probability that the plant will die. Answer: You come back from the vacation and the plant is dead. What is the probability the neighbor forgot to water it? Answer: Hint: It might help to fill in a table

You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on vacation. Without water the plant will die with probability 0.9. With water it will die with probability 0.4. You are 89 % certain the neighbor will remember to water the plant. When you are on vacation, find the probability that the plant will die. Answer: You come back from the vacation and the plant is dead. What is the probability the neighbor forgot to water it? Answer: Hint: It might help to fill in a table

Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305071742

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter14: Counting And Probability

Section14.3: Binomial Probability

Problem 33E

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