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(...) Doh. This is just coming back to haunt me. I should never have included the "door revealed" column. It's entirely irrelevant, and is only serving to confuse. A better list: Prize Choice Switch or Stay? 1 1 stay! 1 2 switch! 1 3 switch! 2 1 (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That is not a cheat. -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <mucho snippage> (...) Bruce - I see the confusion. You aren't solving the problem as presented: "Now, here's a trickier one: Ever watched the old game show "Let's Make a Deal"? Sometimes, they'd offer people things similar to this scenario. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Whew. You are way off in your probablity and statistics analysis: if you want to double everything, then you would have to list 112 and 113 twice also. They are *not* the same selection. (...) and 1 1 2 (...) and 1 1 3 (...) (etc. snip) (...) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That doesn't make sense at all-- If I choose door 1 and the prize is behind door 1, the host can choose to show me door 2 *or* door 3 - 2 possibilities If I choose door one and the prize is behind door 2, the host can *only* show me door 3 - (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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