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Use this as a binary transmission system, so P[Car|Friend chooses Goat] = (2/3)(1/2) = 1/3 | Use this as a binary transmission system, so P[Car|Friend chooses Goat] = (2/3)(1/2) = 1/3 |
Latest revision as of 15:49, 16 September 2008
For the second part you pick a car after your friend picks a goat.
FRIEND
P[Car] = 1/3 P[Goat]=2/3
YOU
P[Car]=1/2 P[Goat]=1/2
Use this as a binary transmission system, so P[Car|Friend chooses Goat] = (2/3)(1/2) = 1/3