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Get Those Brain Cells Working: The Monty Hall Problem

posted by janrinok on Friday July 29 2016, @10:27AM   
from the something-to-think-about dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

Do any of you have any noteworthy experiences where knowledge of math helped you in an unusual way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

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Original Submission

• I want the goat. I want the goat. (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @10:41AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @10:41AM (#381475)

  Because I can't fuck a car.

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• Re:I want the goat. (Score: 2) by zocalo on Friday July 29 2016, @10:52AM

  by zocalo (302) on Friday July 29 2016, @10:52AM (#381480)

  Well, technically, as long as it's not electric and you check for the possibility of third degree burns before you start...

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• Re:I want the goat. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @11:46AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @11:46AM (#381931)

  What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be dealing with the aftermath of the failed coup attempt?

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• Re:I want the goat. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @06:54AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @06:54AM (#382195)

  Don't fucking car e.

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