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Article #1069Re: Monty Hall / Shell Game / Dixie Cups
From: Patrick Juola
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:35
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:35
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In article <1992Dec18.202554.29968@cs.odu.edu> carr@fog.cs.odu.edu (Eric Carr) writes: >...But suppose there were, for every time the door was opened, TWO players >each standing in front of one of the doors. (The third player having already >been disappointed by being told he/she was the proud owner of a goat.) >Wouldn't BOTH of these players supposedly statistically benefit from switching, >if the 2/3 answer were correct? No. The other person who would benefit would be the third player who now owns a goat, since Monty would have opened the door in front of the *other* goat if he were playing alone. The players who pick the goats both will benefit, since Monty shows them the goat that they *didn't* pick, leaving them to switch and get the car. - kitten
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!news From: juola@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (Patrick Juola) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Subject: Re: Monty Hall / Shell Game / Dixie Cups Message-ID: <1992Dec18.213543.18287@colorado.edu> Date: 18 Dec 92 21:35:43 GMT References: <9212151514.AA02487@isfrance.encore.fr> <1992Dec18.202554.29968@cs.odu.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: bruno.cs.colorado.edu