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It will be different. The question comes down to P(winning by switching | monty reveals a goat). The key difference is whether P(mony reveals a goat | you chose
by rcxdude 6y ago
It will be different. The question comes down to P(winning by switching | monty reveals a goat). The key difference is whether P(mony reveals a goat | you chose a goat door the first time) is 50% or 100% (if you choose the car, there's a 100% chance he reveals a goat in either case). Since 'winning by switching' is the same as 'choosing a goat door first', you can apply bayes theorem to see how the results change.
To put it another way, if Monty is choosing randomly, half the time where you would win by switching, instead the game just ends/isn't counted, but the same is not true of the case where you win by not switching. From a bayesian point of view, Monty randomly revealing a goat should increase your belief that you picked the car the first time.
That said, switching is not worse than not switching unless Monty is biased towards revealing the car instead.