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	You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty Hall has chosen you to play a game. He tells you that behind one of the three closed doors before you there is a fabulous new car. But behind the other two, there are less than fabulous goats. You can pick any one of the doors, and take home the prize there concealed. You pick door 2. Before revealing your prize, Monty Hall, as always, says "It's sure a good thing you didn't pick that door there." He points to one of the remaining doors as it opens, revealing a baying goat. And now the suspense builds, as the host asks, "So, do you want to stay with your original choice, or change your mind?" What should you do and does it matter?		You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty Hall has chosen you to play a game. He tells you that behind one of the three closed doors before you there is a fabulous new car. But behind the other two, there are less than fabulous goats. You can pick any one of the doors, and take home the prize there concealed. You pick door 2. Before revealing your prize, Monty Hall, as always, says "It's sure a good thing you didn't pick that door there." He points to one of the remaining doors as it opens, revealing a baying goat. And now the suspense builds, as the host asks, "So, do you want to stay with your original choice, or change your mind?" What should you do and does it matter?

			==See also==

			[[Let's make another deal]]


	[[Category:Probability]]		[[Category:Probability]]

Oscarlevin: Created page with 'A true classic, and probably the best example of how counter-intuitive conditional probability can be. ==Puzzle== You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty ...'

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Created page with 'A true classic, and probably the best example of how counter-intuitive conditional probability can be. ==Puzzle== You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty ...'

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A true classic, and probably the best example of how counter-intuitive conditional probability can be.

==Puzzle==

You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty Hall has chosen you to play a game. He tells you that behind one of the three closed doors before you there is a fabulous new car. But behind the other two, there are less than fabulous goats. You can pick any one of the doors, and take home the prize there concealed. You pick door 2. Before revealing your prize, Monty Hall, as always, says "It's sure a good thing you didn't pick that door there." He points to one of the remaining doors as it opens, revealing a baying goat. And now the suspense builds, as the host asks, "So, do you want to stay with your original choice, or change your mind?" What should you do and does it matter?

[[Category:Probability]]

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Oscarlevin at 15:36, 14 February 2011

Oscarlevin: Created page with 'A true classic, and probably the best example of how counter-intuitive conditional probability can be. ==Puzzle== You are on the game show ''Let's Make a Deal'' and host Monty ...'