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Should you switch doors to win the prize?

A game show has three doors. A prize hides behind one. You pick a door — then the host throws you a curveball, opens a losing door, and asks: do you want to switch? It feels like it can't matter. Let's find out if it does.

1Two things to notice first

Your guess is 1-in-3, and the host's hint is loaded

You only need these two ideas. Watch each one:

Your first pick is a 1-in-3 guess

Three doors, one prize. When you pick blind, you're right only 1 time in 3. So 2 times in 3, the prize is behind a door you DIDN'T pick.

The host already knows

The host isn't guessing. He knows where the prize is, and he always opens a losing door — never the prize. That hint is loaded, not random.

2Two ways to play

Stay on your door, or switch to the other one

After the host opens a losing door, two closed doors are left: yours, and one other. You get one choice:

Plan A

Stay

Stick with the very first door you picked. Don't move.

Plan B

Switch

Jump to the other closed door — the one you didn't pick and the host didn't open.

3Your turn — play a round

Pick a door, watch the host, then decide

Tap a door to pick it. The host will open a losing door for you. Then choose stay or switch and see if you win. Play as many rounds as you like.

Tap a door to pick it 👇

4Now run it hundreds of times

One round can fool you. Hundreds can't. 🎯

A single round is luck. To really see which plan is better, you have to play a LOT of rounds the same way and count. Guess first — then let it rip.

Guess before you run it

You picked door 1. The host opens door 3 (a loser) and offers you a switch to door 2. Over hundreds of rounds, which plan wins more often?