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		toast0 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tabl... Sure, the answer to the question states that the host always opens a losing door. The question does not state that. It's an assumption that was made in the answering. If that's a premise, then yes, always switch. If you only go by the question, there's not enough information.

ryao 10 months ago [–]

That was how everyone interpreted the original column (according to thousands of letters sent to Marilyn vos Savant), and it was made explicit in a clarification made in a follow up to the column. What you are discussing is a different problem.

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