5. (This problem, due to Steven Strogatz, appeared in the New York Times.) Before going on...
5. (This problem, due to Steven Strogatz, appeared in the New York Times.) Before going on vacation for a week, you ask your spacey friend to water your ailing plant. Without water, the plant has a 90% chance of dying. Even with proper watering, it has a 20% chance of dying. The probability that your friend will forget to water it is 20% (a) What's the chance your plant will survive the week? (b) If your friend forgot to water...
5. (This problem, due to Steven Strogatz, appeared in the New York Times.) Before going on vacation for a week, you ask your spacey friend to water your ailing plant. Without water, the plant has a 90% chance of dying. Even with proper watering, it has a 20% chance of dying. The probability that your friend will forget to water it is 20%. (a) What's the chance your plant will survive the week? (b) If your friend forgot to water...
Evaluate the arical writ the response in which you state your agreement or disagreement with writer up un these questions guidelines 1) can empathy lead us astrary? how 2) our heart will always go out to the baby in the well, its a measure of our humanity. but empathy will have to yield to reason if humanity is to have a future can empathy yield to reason? how? thank you The Baby in the Well: The Case against Empathy* -Paul...