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Interesting logic problem
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Originally Posted by magician,Oct 18 2005, 10:46 AM
If you simply mean that there are two choices - one correct, one incorrect - then you are right
I'll reword it to:
Although there are two choices in the final decision....the probability odds are not a true 50/50 but 33/66 (stay/switch).
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Originally Posted by exceltoexcel,Oct 18 2005, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by SIIK2NR,Oct 18 2005, 10:50 AM
Note to self: If the magician asks a question...."GOOGLE" the answer!
Fall on your face like a man!
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Oct 18 2005, 11:08 AM
Bill, you'll have to word them differently so people can't easily google the answer 
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edited because programers are never right the first time.
I increased the loop to 10000000. After a couple runs the numbers seem to be too close.
ok math minor here(comp sci major ), and i dont see how there is any advantage either way.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.monty.hall.html
This website claims that there are only three possible methods of choosing. This is incorrect. There are four, which again makes the ratio 2/4.
If you read the article it says that there are three different ways of going about the problem. If you read carfully the first method describes Monty as chosing "A or B" which should be seperated into seperate methods.
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edited because programers are never right the first time.
I increased the loop to 10000000. After a couple runs the numbers seem to be too close.
ok math minor here(comp sci major ), and i dont see how there is any advantage either way.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.monty.hall.html
This website claims that there are only three possible methods of choosing. This is incorrect. There are four, which again makes the ratio 2/4.
If you read the article it says that there are three different ways of going about the problem. If you read carfully the first method describes Monty as chosing "A or B" which should be seperated into seperate methods.