Monty Hall problem

[Lucas Garron]

I ask you to take out a corner, toss and catch it randomly, and insert it back in.

...and I reply, "Sorry, my cube's not loose enough."

You can't even temporarily take out an edge, remove a corner, and place the edge back in the same way? :rolleyes:

 

[Stefan]

Wow, it's 2009 and despite all the material out there about this problem, people still embarrass themselves by saying 50/50? Unclear problem statement is also no excuse, as that is also examined in every good coverage of the problem (e.g. Wikipedia).

If you stay, you win exactly if your first choice was right, which has a chance of 1/3.
If you switch, you win exactly if your first choice was wrong, which has a chance of 2/3.

 

[RuNeSCaPeR133]

pwned (message too short)

 

[Vig]

Does this sort of thing have any application to the popular TV show "Deal or No Deal"?

 

[Stefan]

Does this sort of thing have any application to the popular TV show "Deal or No Deal"?

Not really, although it's related. Here's a good description that also compares the two:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Game_Theory/Deal_Or_No_Deal

 

[F.P.]

There is no debate. It's a mathematical certainty.

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