--- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In fact, why don't we do > this. I'll be the host of this game and I'll give you 100 trials. The > prize behind the door in my game will be $5 USD. > > Then, you be the host, and you give me 100 trials. The prize behind > the door in your game is $4 USD. I'll switch the door every time, and > you keep your door every time. If the probability is 1/2, I think you > stand to make $50 USD in this game. Who's up for it?
For some reason too difficult to explain here (but you can read it in the book of Baltalan and Leeves) I don't think this is fair. We must play at the same time. For this, I suggest the following procedure (it's basically the same game but initially with two players): We need a third person who'll be the host and you give him your $5 and I give him my $4. He places the $9 behind one of three doors. We both choose a door. If it's the same we try again until we choose different ones. Then, only one of us can continue the game. The host opens an empty door, either yours or mine. The one who had this door is out, the other can choose to keep his door or change to the third door (which none of us chose). If the wrong door is chosen, we try again (playing for the same $9). We do this 10 times and you always switch and I always keep. Ok? Cheers! Stefan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
