Thread: What are the odds of winning?
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Old 05-12-2022, 21:33   #15
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Re: What are the odds of winning?
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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
Doesn't matter if you get your 1st round choice correct, you don't win at that stage.
There is always just the one other door.
I told my sister this one years ago and she gave exactly your reply. You're both wrong. Years ago a maths professor in the US explained it and she was ridiculed by many of her peers until she proved it mathematically. Mathematical odds aren't always intuitive.
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