Homework Help: MATH: PROBABILITIES

Posted by Michelle on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 4:11pm.

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 89 % certain the neighbor will remember to water the plant.
You come back from the vacation and the plant is dead. What is the probability the neighbor forgot to water it?

MATH: PROBABILITIES - Anonymous, Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 4:04pm
xcvb cv

Answer this Question

Related Questions

MATH: PROBABILITIES - You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are ...
PROBABILITIES - You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on ...
statistics - You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on ...
statistics - You ask a neighbor to water a sickly plant while you are on ...
5th Grade Science - What do all desert plants have in common? A. all have ...
science - I have to design a sustainable city with a river running through it. ...
College Math - Water rises inside a plant's stem an average of 4ft. every ...
physics - Water drops over 49 m high Niagara Falls at the rate of 6.0 106 kg/s. ...
science - A class is to perform an experiment to study the effects of various ...
physics - Water drops over 49 m high Niagara Falls at the rate of 6.0 106 kg/s. ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: