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- From: phil@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Phil Nicholson)
- Subject: Re: Marilyn vos Savant and Pancakes??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.234116.28534@trl.oz.au>
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- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Dec15.014253.10954@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:41:16 GMT
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- ->I ask the net Gods: Can this be correct??
- ->From ``Ask Marilyn'' by Marilyn Vos Savant, Parade magazine, December
- -> 13, 1992.
- ->
- ->You have a hat in which there are three pancakes. One is golden on
- ->both sides, one is brown on both sides, and one is golden on one side
- ->and brown on the other. You withdraw one pancake and see that one side
- ->is brown. What is the probability that the other side is brown?
- ->
- ->---Robert H. Batts, Acton, Mass.
-
- It's about time the three card trick was discussed again. It's been months.
-
- And then Monty Hall walks into the room, looks into the hat and withdraws and
- eats a pancake that's gold on both sides. You of course like pancakes that are
- brown on one side and gold on the other.
-
- So should you switch doors, pancakes or hats?
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