Marcel, Jia, and Rob work for Dr$.$ Hassan at Woodford Dentistry. One day, Marcel was in the small parking lot behind the office and noticed a sizeable pool of water near the building. He and the others determined that there was a leak in the drainage pipes. A plumber agreed with their assessment, but the plumber could not find the exact spot where the water was leaking. Given that the pipes lay under concrete, digging them out would involve a great deal of time and expense$$not to mention noise and dust.

Then Jia had an idea: Since Dr$.$ Hassan, like many dentists, kept a small amount of radioactive material on hand for making dental implants, they could release an extremely small portion through each of the sinks$,$ toilets, and other drains in succession, then use a Geiger counter, which measures radioactivity, to locate the leak. Jia$$s coworkers scoffed, but Dr$.$ Hassan said it would be possible to release an amount of material too small to be harmful but large enough to register on the Geiger counter. The plumber said it sounded like a good idea, and thanks to Jia, the leak was soon located and the plumber was able to fix it with a minimum of trouble. In arriving at this solution, Jia demonstrated one of the behaviors involved in adaptability, namely