Problem bank
Problem 16 of 333MediumProbabilityP016
Envelopes paradox
You are given two envelopes, one with dollars and one with . You pick one and see, say, $100. Should you switch? A naive argument says switching has EV $125 (half chance of $50, half of $200). What is wrong?
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