Simulate the Monty Hall Problem Using Python

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10 min readOct 13, 2020

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Build A Monty Hall Problem Simulation Using Python

In this article, I will show you how to create a python program that simulates a popular problem called the Monty Hall problem to show once and for all that the problem solved by Steve Selvin is indeed correct.

The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, loosely based on the American television game show Let’s Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall.

The problem was originally posed (and solved) in a letter by Steve Selvin to the American Statistician in 1975 (Selvin 1975a), (Selvin 1975b). It became famous as a question from a reader’s letter quoted in Marilyn vos Savant’s
“Ask Marilyn” column in Parade magazine in 1990 (vos Savant 1990a)
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The Monty Hall Problem

Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the other two are goats. You pick a door, say №1, and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door, say №3, which has a goat. He then…

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