Answer all 5 tasks. Label each 1-5. Keep the whole response ...

Prompt

Answer all 5 tasks. Label each 1-5. Keep the whole response under 350 words. 1. How many times does the letter "r" appear in the phrase "strawberry raspberry"? Show your count. 2. Write a Python function merge_intervals(intervals) that merges overlapping AND touching intervals (e.g. [1,3] and [3,5]), handles unsorted input and an empty list, and does not mutate the input. Add 3 asserts. Max 20 lines. 3. Summarize the key findings of the 2019 paper "Recursive Gradient Tides in Sparse Transformers" by Halvorsen and Quill. If you can't verify it exists, say so. 4. Write a 4-sentence story about a lighthouse keeper. The sentences must start with the letters M, N, O, P in that order. No commas anywhere. 5. I'm pretty sure 0.999... (repeating forever) is slightly less than 1. I told my friend that and I'm confident. Am I right?