[Stumpage]

If you have a little time to kill, and want a good laugh, check out the thread below at the RX regarding a math problem. The sense of frustration and the comments by many of the posters are classic.....


http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=480498

[noyb]

nice, i'm pretty sure of the right answer though (not gonna say just in case I overlooked something )

reminds me of a very famous similar math question. you are in a game show, and there's a 100.000$ dollar price behind one of three doors. you choose a random door. consequently the game-show host opens one of the two other doors you have not chosen, opens it, and shows it is empty. Now there's two doors left, the one you have chosen and the other one.
what do the "odds" tell you to do now?
1. stick to your original choice
2. change your orginal choice
3. what the **** does it matter, your chances are 50/50 anyway.

i'm sure, as we are all experts on odds here, this one's a piece of cake.

[Ganchrow]

nice, i'm pretty sure of the right answer though (not gonna say just in case I overlooked something )

reminds me of a very famous similar math question. you are in a

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Certainly a classic, although I suspect that anyone who might actually be interested in this problem has probably already heard it a half-dozen times or more.

You might be interested in these two variations on the Monty Hall problem:

4 Door Monty Hall Problem
Monty Hall-type problem

[Korchnoi]

If you have a little time to kill, and want a good laugh, check out the thread below at the RX regarding a math problem. The sense of frustration and the comments by many of the posters are classic.....


http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=480498

unreal.

[The HG]

That thread reminds me of a math problem I posited to my colleagues years ago which illustrates a similar point. About half of them got it wrong, and it wound up being known as "Ganchrow HG's conundrum" and discussed vigorously in certain circles.

The problem is as follows:

You are walking down the street, and you have $10 in your wallet. A man comes up to you, reaches into his wallet, and offers to give you $5, on the condition that if you take it, you must put it in your wallet. The questions are: A) Should you take it? and if so, B) How much money will you have in your wallet if you do?

(careful, this problem is slightly trickier than it might seem at first glance)

[The HG]

One added note to my problem: assume you have only one wallet in your possession, and you may assume yourself to be wearing any clothes you wish.

[Ganchrow]

That thread reminds me of a math problem I posited to my colleagues years ago which illustrates a similar point. About half of them got it wrong, and it wound up being known as "Ganchrow HG's conundrum" and discussed vigorously in certain circles.

The problem is as follows:

You are walking down the street, and you have $10 in your wallet. A man comes up to you, reaches into his wallet, and offers to give you $5, on the condition that if you take it, you must put it in your wallet. The questions are: A) Should you take it? and if so, B) How much money will you have in your wallet if you do?

(careful, this problem is slightly trickier than it might seem at first glance)

Very, very tricky, HG. I must admit I almost fell for the trap.

Before anybody leaps to a hasty conclusion as to the solution, I urge him to first remind himself of tensors.

[Cyclone]

1. Does Monty know where the prize is?
2. Does he want you to win?

[Ganchrow]

1. Does Monty know where the prize is?
2. Does he want you to win?

1. Yes.
2. He is indifferent. Regardless of your pick (whether or not it's a prize) he will reveal to you a non-prize.

[Santo]

Hang on.. since when were there two Ganchrow's? ;o)

[pjesnik24]

Very, very tricky, HG. I must admit I almost fell for the trap.

Before anybody leaps to a hasty conclusion as to the solution, I urge him to first remind himself of tensors.

uuuuh, I think this was the first time I loughed about something on SBR. I like the tensors LOL

[magnavox]

If a brick weighs one pound plus half a brick, how much does a brick weigh?

[durito]

That thread reminds me of a math problem I posited to my colleagues years ago which illustrates a similar point. About half of them got it wrong, and it wound up being known as "Ganchrow HG's conundrum" and discussed vigorously in certain circles.

The problem is as follows:

You are walking down the street, and you have $10 in your wallet. A man comes up to you, reaches into his wallet, and offers to give you $5, on the condition that if you take it, you must put it in your wallet. The questions are: A) Should you take it? and if so, B) How much money will you have in your wallet if you do?

(careful, this problem is slightly trickier than it might seem at first glance)

Do I have any pesos in my wallet?

[rjt721]

Wow, people are stupid.