The Monty Hall Game Show

slickhare · Feb 17, 2006

Daniel said:
You are a contestant on the Monty Hall game show. Three closed doors are shown before you. Behind one of these doors is a car; behind the other two are goats. The contestant does not know where the car is, but Monty Hall does.
The contestant picks a door and Monty opens one of the remaining doors, one he knows doesn't hide the car. If the contestant has already chosen the correct door, Monty is equally likely to open either of the two remaining doors.
After Monty has shown a goat behind the door that he opens, the contestant is always given the option to switch doors.

*spontaneously combusts*

'Daniel' · Feb 17, 2006

JTHphoto said:
i know this is the way it seems, but the math proves it wrong, look here to actually play --> http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Monty/monty.html

WARNING: this is a spoiler and will give you the explanation, make a guess before you look.

if i am ruining this thread for you daniel let me know and i will edit/erase this... but it's cruel to leave it on here all day and not tell what the answer is...

Not at all. I was interested to see what people came up with. However noone has given the right or...full answer yet.