The ol' Monty hall problem!

Bamb0 · 28 Feb 2021, 08:26 AM

Looks interesting for sure!

http://web.archive.org/web/2002....com/monty.htm

Ah man!!

SideshowBob · 1 Mar 2021, 06:12 AM

It's actually obvious what's going on if you think of it as special case of having N doors and opening N-2 doors and leaving 2. If N is a million it's self-evident that you should switch. The only thing that changes for N=3 is the size of the advantage.

Bamb0 · 1 Mar 2021, 11:18 AM

Ya I tried the program they have for seeing for yourself......I won a couple times!! (Too bad I wasnt on lets make a deal)

28 Feb 2021, 08:26 AM	#1
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,876	Looks interesting for sure! http://web.archive.org/web/2002....com/monty.htm Ah man!!

1 Mar 2021, 06:12 AM	#2
SideshowBob Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 278	It's actually obvious what's going on if you think of it as special case of having N doors and opening N-2 doors and leaving 2. If N is a million it's self-evident that you should switch. The only thing that changes for N=3 is the size of the advantage.

1 Mar 2021, 11:18 AM	#3
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,876	Ya I tried the program they have for seeing for yourself......I won a couple times!! (Too bad I wasnt on lets make a deal)