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Get Those Brain Cells Working: The Monty Hall Problem

posted by janrinok on Friday July 29 2016, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @07:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @07:46AM (#381907)

    I'll give you a way to explain it that any middle school kid can understand:

    The Packers and the Seahawks are playing on Sunday. Vegas odds tell you, the way the teams are currently set up, the teams are even. Let's say you're thinking of a bet on the Seahawks.

    Suddenly, you hear that the star wide receiver of the Seahawks broke a leg. With this new information, you determine that the Packers are the smart pick.

    There you are: new information leads to new assessments. Moving on...