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Cart #monty_hall_problem-0 | 2024-12-04 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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This cartridge can be used for educational purposes to make simulations for the Monty Hall problem, a well-known probability conundrum that puzzles many people. The statement of the problem is the following:

-- 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? [cited from the Wikipedia page]

For students attending a Probability course, this is an exercise about conditional probability. You can read more on the dedicated Wikipedia page.

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