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| (...) Saw that ;) but understood... but if we're talking one instance--one event--and that's what we're, indeed, talking about--you are on a game show, one event--you have one chance of winning one car behind one door.... so you have 3 doors I won't (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Ok, here's where I'll take it from. The car is behind one of the doors, so the probabilities must add up to 1. 3 doors, 1/3 of a chance for each door. You pick door 1. There is a 1 in 3 chance the car is behind that door. There is a 2 in 3 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Didn't mean to offend. Sorry 'bout that. I read the site thru again and your synopsis of the explanation above and I concur that it should be 2/3, but I like to work things thru... :) If I were to walk in off the street right after one of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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