Re: [Phys-l] Monty Hall problem

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

At 11:11 AM -0800 1/5/11, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
> It seems to me that the statement of the problem 
> in the Wikipedia article (taken, as I understand 
> it, from the original question sent to her) is 
> almost, but not quite well specified.  It was:
>
> >  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 #1, and the host, who knows 
> > what's behind the doors, opens another door, 
> > say #3, which has a goat. He says to you, "Do 
> > you want to pick door #2?" Is it to your 
> > advantage to switch your choice of doors?
>
> To get the (presumed) original intent, it must 
> additionally be made clear that the host *would* 
> have opened a door with a goat behind it 
> regardless of your first choice.

And the other option for the host would be - - - - - ???????

Without that additional 'clarification' a 
contestant would be inconvenienced/confused 
HOW?????

get real!

opps, this is a physics list.

I almost forgot ;-)

She really DID screw up the answer to the car 
crash problem (and eventually admitted it.)

THAT was bad physics.

THIS one - not so much!!!  ©