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Jul 14, 2017
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fbguru
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Since the professor doesn't know what you originally picked it changes my answer
This isn't a Monty Hall situation, is it?
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POLL: Multiple Choice Quiz
HangookCoug
7/14/17 8:21am
The 'Monty Hall Problem'
BlueFrog
7/14/17 8:23am
No. The student here has equal odds with A or B.
garyfan
7/14/17 8:40am
Plaid jackets?
Sea Chicken
7/14/17 8:47am
Nope
rggee
7/19/17 11:46am
Since the professor doesn't know what you originally picked it changes my answer
fbguru
7/14/17 8:24am
Similar but different
HangookCoug
7/14/17 8:28am
Yeah, if you had guessed C the professor still would have said C was wrong.
fbguru
7/14/17 8:34am
This is actually a perfect example of a monty hall problem
Dissenter
7/14/17 8:52am
Nope
rggee
7/19/17 11:47am
Is it the instructor's job to heighten tension for the most excitement at the
ByuMba90
7/14/17 8:24am
Nice. I just listened to this on satelite radio on the way to work today
HangookCoug
7/14/17 8:28am
The answer is B, it's called the Monty Hall problem
Dissenter
7/14/17 8:50am
No, because the Monty Hall problem requires the host to know what choice you
garyfan
7/14/17 8:56am
This is the difference^
HangookCoug
7/14/17 8:59am
Or, the question was designed to mimic the Monty Hall problem even though
fbguru
7/14/17 9:02am
Nope
rggee
7/19/17 11:48am
What if you choose A again?
seco03
7/14/17 8:52am
Good question....since the professor does not know your choice, and since C
HangookCoug
7/14/17 9:02am
Solution
HangookCoug
7/14/17 9:10am
Ah, tricky. Don't teachers know our choices? Maybe I read the question too fas
BamaCoug
7/14/17 9:14am
A complex look at it, looks correct to me
fbguru
7/14/17 9:38am
Hmm. Isn't this the Let's make a deal question? Switching is better.
BamaCoug
7/14/17 9:11am
Nope
rggee
7/19/17 11:49am
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