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 withprobability 0.5. You are 86 % 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 theneighbor forgot to water it?Answer:

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