Probability

The Monty Hall Problem

Or how to double your chances of winning a car by getting your probabilities right

Two goats, one car. Image by the author.

The Monty Hall problem is a decades-old brain teaser that’s still confusing people today. It is loosely based on an old American TV game show and is named after its host, Monty Hall. At the final stage of the game, the contestants would face a…