On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:10:58PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > There is a 1/3 probability of getting the key with the box you have. After > the warden shows you his box is empty, the probability of it being in the > other box becomes 2/3. What I don't understand is why it doesn't now > become 1/2.
You guess incorrectly on 2/3 of the initial choices, so always switching gets you the key 2/3 of the time. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
