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Cars, Goats, \(\pi\) and \(e\)
by Alberto Zorzi (Universita Ce Foscari di Venezia, Italy)
This article originally appeared in:Mathematics Magazine
December, 2009
Subject classification(s): Elementary Probability | Probability | Statistics and Probability
Applicable Course(s): 7.2 Probability
The author proposes two extensions of the Monte Hall problem, with solutions involving the numbers \(\pi\) and \(e\), respectively.
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Capsule Course Topic(s): Probability | Famous Problems, Monty Hall
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