minus-squareSnowmenMelt@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are the most mindblowing things in mathematics?linkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe odds you picked the correct door at the start is 1/1000, that means there’s a 999/1000 chance it’s in one of the other 999 doors. If the man opens 998 doors and leaves one left then that door has 999/1000 chance of having the prize. linkfedilink
minus-squareSnowmenMelt@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is your first memory?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI swear my first memory is falling down the stairs but neither of my parents can remember it ever happening linkfedilink
The odds you picked the correct door at the start is 1/1000, that means there’s a 999/1000 chance it’s in one of the other 999 doors. If the man opens 998 doors and leaves one left then that door has 999/1000 chance of having the prize.