#48 Monty Hall Problem
The Monty Hall Problem illustrates a surprising fact of probability. The problem is loosely based on the old game show Let’s Make a Deal and its host, Monty Hall. In the Monty Hall Problem, you can pick one of three doors. Behind one door is a prize: a new car. Each of the other two doors opens onto a worthless goat. Say you pick Door #1. Before the door you choose is opened, the host opens another door (either #2 or #3), which leads to a goat. You can choose to either open the door you originally picked or switch to the other unopened door.
It may seem like it doesn’t matter if you switch or not, but your odds do ...
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