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The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall. The problem was originally posed (and solved) in a letter by Steve Selvin to the American Statistician in 1975.
The Monty Hall problem. I'm convinced I'm a lost cause so there's not really any point trying to explain further. I've heard the "think of it as a hundred doors" or "a million doors" thing dozens ...
The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability similar to the American game show Let's Make a Deal.The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall.A widely known, but problematic (see below) statement of the problem is from Craig F. Whitaker of Columbia, Maryland in a letter to Marilyn vos Savant's September 9, 1990, column in Parade Magazine (as quoted by Bohl, Liberatore, and Nydick).
The Monty Hall problem, also called the Monty Hall paradox, is a famous question in probability theory presented as a hypothetical game on the show. In this game, a trader is allowed to choose among three doors that conceal a true prize and two zonks.
The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability loosely based on the American game show Let's Make a Deal.The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall.A widely known, but problematic (see below) statement of the problem is from Craig F. Whitaker of Columbia, Maryland in a letter to Marilyn vos Savant's September 9, 1990, column in Parade Magazine (as quoted by Bohl, Liberatore, and ...
It's not mine, it is the variant explained in the article at Monty_Hall_problem#N_doors. The variant is often brought up because it helps people to see that the 50% argument completely falls apart when N doors are considered. MrOllie 17:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC) The remaining door does not take on aggregate odds.
"The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability loosely based on the American game show Let's Make a Deal." involving probability loosely is quite awkward; ambiguous "loosely" comma duly inserted in first line. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 03:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC) "Mueser and Granberg improved the phrasing;" Who?
Whatever Marilyn wrote, whatever she intended, the Monty Hall problem today is about the problem in which the host is guaranteed to open a different door to the door chosen by the player and reveal a goat (which he can do because he knows where the car is). Richard Gill 17:30, 19 January 2013 (UTC) Others may score your arguments.--