SOLUTION: Consider the following problem: You stop on the street between errands to engage in a shell game with a street vendor. The vendor shows you a two-headed penny under one shell, a tw
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Question 681675: Consider the following problem: You stop on the street between errands to engage in a shell game with a street vendor. The vendor shows you a two-headed penny under one shell, a two-tailed penny under the second shell and a fair penny (one head and one tail) under the third shell. He shuffles the shells around and then you choose a shell. He shows you that under the shell is a penny with the head side up. He is willing to bet you $5 that it is the two-headed penny. He says it cannot be the two-tailed penny because a head is showing. Therefore, he says there is a 50-50 chance of it being the two-headed coin.
Should you take the bet? Explain your answer. Answer by lynnlo(4176) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! take the bet,because you have 3 in 2 chances of winning,since
you will have 3heads in the game
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