Friday, October 3, 2008

The Monty Hall Problem

I read this in the book

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

1 comment:

  1. yes.
    orginally, 1/3 chance of getting car.
    host reveals D3 as a goat.
    now, 2/3 chance of getting car if i switch doors.

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