Really annoyed me that the kiddos voted to not switch, and they got the car. Getting children to understand that 1/3 is smaller than 1/2 is hard enough. I’m going to program my own evil version that only wins on switch the first time next time I do this.

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[–] [S] 15 points 8 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Lol! I played 12 times in a row, and always stayed. I got the car 6 times (not in a row). I know that it's supposed to be a 1/3 vs 2/3 probability, but it sure does seem like 50/50 in the long run.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's not, it approaches 1/3.

    12 isn't quite enough goes to get a good approximation.

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