Re: [math-fun] Marilyn Vos Savant again ?????
Dan Asimov wrote:
The world's smartest human has posted a probability problem, and her answer to it, on this webpage <http://www.parade.com/current/columns/askmarilyn.html>.
That URL demanded cookies and a zip code, which I am not inclined to supply. BUt it also included a pointer to a "text-only page", <http://local.parade.com/> , which has a "fascinating new probability problem about a student taking a test" buried in a bunch of ... other material. Dan Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
On 14 Jul 2003 at 10:13, Dan Hoey wrote:
Dan Asimov wrote:
The world's smartest human has posted a probability problem, and her answer to it, on this webpage <http://www.parade.com/current/columns/askmarilyn.html>.
That URL demanded cookies and a zip code, which I am not inclined to supply. BUt it also included a pointer to a "text-only page", <http://local.parade.com/> , which has a "fascinating new probability problem about a student taking a test" buried in a bunch of ... other material.
Right, and just to summarize here: it seems to be identical with the Monty Hall problem, EXCEPT: that the instructor informed the students of a wrong-choice on the exam *without* knowing which choice the student had made. The question addressed is whether the instructor's 'revelation' being random, rather than knowingly NOT selecting the one the player/student chose, affects the odds. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
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