I have come to the same conclusion as some others. When workign the problem you have a 1/3 chance of picking the car if you should choose first. If your friend is allowed to choose first it leaves you with a 1/2 chance considering he were to pick a goat first. The fact that there are two goats means that this mulitplication must be performed twice, thus there is a 1/3 chance again

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