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Subject: Probability
Details: You appear on a game show and for your prize the host lets you choose one of three doors. Behind one door is a new car; behind each of the other doors is a goat. You choose a door. The host, who knows what's behind each door, then opens another door, which has a goat. He then asks if you want to pick the remaining door. If you switch you choice of doors, what is the porbability of getting the door with the new car?

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You appear on a game show and for your prize the host lets you choose one of three doors. Behind one door is a new car; behind each of the other doors is a goat. You choose a door. The host, who knows what's behind each door, then opens another door, which has a goat. He then asks if you want to pick the remaining door. If you switch you choice of doors, what is the probability of getting the door with the new car?

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This is a classic question. And you should change the door.
Because at first, you choose randomly and the probability of winning is 1/3, which isn't changed over ...

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