| TRIAL | Door 1 | Door 2 | Door 3 | KEY: X is where the MC puts the money. | |||||||||
| 1 | GX | N | O | G is the first guess | |||||||||
| 2 | G | NX | O | N is the door chosen when contestant decides to change her mind | |||||||||
| 3 | G | O | NX | NX is when the contestant wins the money by changing her mind | |||||||||
| 4 | G X | N | O | GX is when the contestant wins the money by not changing her mind | |||||||||
| 5 | G | NX | O | O is the vacant door that is opened when contestant says she wants to change her mind | |||||||||
| 6 | G | O | NX | ||||||||||
| 7 | GX | N | O | So, for example in trial #1 the contestant did not change her mind, the MC opened vacant door # 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | G | NX | O | and the contestant won the money (GX) by not changing her mind. | |||||||||
| 9 | G | O | NX | ||||||||||
| 10 | GX | N | O | On trial 2, the contestant wins the money by changing her mind (NX). | |||||||||
| 11 | G | NX | O | ||||||||||
| 12 | G | O | NX | The number of times that the contestant wins by not changing her mind (GX) is 11 or 1 out of 3. | |||||||||
| 13 | GX | N | O | The number of times the contestant wins by changing her mind (NX) is 22 or 2 out of 3. | |||||||||
| 14 | G | NX | O | ||||||||||
| 15 | G | O | NX | This an example of solving the puzzle empirically. We actually ran the experiment in our minds! | |||||||||
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| 22 CORRECT GUESSES (NX) CHANGING YOUR MIND | |||||||||||||
| 11 CORRECT GUESSES (GX) NOT CHANGING YOUR MIND | |||||||||||||