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The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall. The problem was originally posed (and solved) in a letter by Steve Selvin to the American Statistician in 1975.
Monty Hall OC OM (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American [1] [2] radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sportscaster, Hall returned to television in the U.S., this time in game shows.
In 2009, Adam S. Landsberg proposed the following simpler variant of the 100 prisoners problem which is based on the well-known Monty Hall problem: [13] Behind three closed doors a car, the car keys and a goat are randomly distributed. There are two players: the first player has to find the car, the second player the keys to the car.
In it he posed and solved a problem later known as the Monty Hall problem. After receiving criticism for his suggested solution, Selvin wrote a follow-up letter entitled On the Monty Hall Problem, published in August of the same year. This was the first time the phrase "Monty Hall Problem" appeared in print.
The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability similar to the American game show Let's Make a Deal.The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall.A widely known, but problematic (see below) statement of the problem is from Craig F. Whitaker of Columbia, Maryland in a letter to Marilyn vos Savant's September 9, 1990, column in Parade Magazine (as quoted by Bohl, Liberatore, and Nydick).
In 1975, Steve Selvin wrote a pair of letters to the American Statistician (February and April issues) regarding the Monty Hall problem. As Monty Hall wrote to Selvin: And if you ever get on my show, the rules hold fast for you — no trading boxes after the selection. —From the Let's Make a Deal website. In the May-June, 1989 issue of Bridge ...
In this specific version of the Monty hall problem, the additional information given by the fact that the goat Monty reveals could not have been chosen is exactly offset by the information that Monty reveals that goat (which he is less likely to do when the contestant has chosen the car) Therefore the right answer can be arrived at incorrectly.
Monty Hall problem. previous FAR (20:43, 18 May 2008) This page was last edited on 18 May 2008, at 22:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...