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The Monty Hall Problem
A counterintuitive probability puzzle that will challenge your assumptions!

Game Setup

Choose how many doors you want to play with. The classic Monty Hall problem uses 3 doors, but you can experiment with more to see how the probability changes!

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3 doors (Classic)100 doors

The Classic Problem:

You're on a game show. There are three doors. Behind one door is a prize (a car!). Behind the other two are goats.

You pick a door. The host, who knows what's behind each door, opens one of the other doors to reveal a goat. Now you have a choice:

Do you stay with your original choice, or switch to the other unopened door?

Most people think it doesn't matter. They're wrong! Let's find out why...