And, then and here, the question is *not immediately clear*, not ambiguous. That's the thing about word problems, paradoxes, Monty Hall, and all the unintuitive results: Figuring out what the question is actually asking, and not jumping to the wrong conclusion, is an important part.
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Date: 2011-08-18 02:20 pm (UTC)And, then and here, the question is *not immediately clear*, not ambiguous. That's the thing about word problems, paradoxes, Monty Hall, and all the unintuitive results: Figuring out what the question is actually asking, and not jumping to the wrong conclusion, is an important part.