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| From | John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Toughest Game Show Question |
| Date | 2012-01-10 16:48 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <jehq41$qa9$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <e8760468-1ea4-4f12-83f6-f0fa7a460379@g41g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> <78ecc52b-cc20-477c-9a83-dadd3b46d1ff@u20g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> |
In <78ecc52b-cc20-477c-9a83-dadd3b46d1ff@u20g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> writes:
> The answer is that it doesn't matter, your odds are still one
> in three no matter what you do
It does matter. If you switch, you have a two-in-three chance of winning.
> ..but wait, does it matter if the presenter knows what's behind the
> doors and shows you the goat to make the game more interesting?
The presenter does know. He doesn't open a random door.
--
John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
-- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 06:47 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-01-10 07:11 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-01-11 00:05 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-10 11:23 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-01-10 16:48 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 19:15 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-10 13:27 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-10 16:57 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 22:39 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-10 11:21 -0600
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 15:43 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-10 22:53 -0600
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-11 05:00 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-11 06:32 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-11 07:22 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-01-12 22:51 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-13 12:14 +1300
Re: Toughest Game Show Question ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-01-12 15:17 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 14:33 -0500
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> - 2012-01-10 23:48 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-11 07:23 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-11 14:33 +0100
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-01-11 13:48 +0000
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-12 18:23 -0500
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:33 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-12 21:07 +0000
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-14 23:38 -0500
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