document.write( "Question 273687: You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on vacation. Without water the plant will die with probability 0.85. With water it will die with probability 0.55. You are 88 % certain the neighbor will remember to water the plant.
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P(Neighbor forgot AND plant died without water) = P(Neighbor forgot) * P(plant died without water)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(Neighbor forgot AND plant died without water) = (1-0.88) * 0.85\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(Neighbor forgot AND plant died without water) = 0.12 * 0.85\r
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