Problem of The Week: Due Friday, August 20

A mother and her son are working in a field in India.  A tiger leaps out of the long grasses and pins the boy to the ground with his claws.  "Let him go!" cries the woman.  "I will," says the tiger, "provided you can correctly predict the fate of your child- either that I eat him or that I let him go."  What should the woman predict?  Explain your reasoning.  (5 points)