Re: Two-envelope problem

[Trinh Anh Tuan <s7593tri@sun10.vsz.bme.hu>]

  Hi anh Hai,

The problem here is not 100$ or 1 Mill. $,it senses only as a positive 
number,if you are serious.
Hope this helps.

Cheers.

--Tua^'n.

On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Viet Hai NGUYEN wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I wait for a proper solution from you mathematicians guru but have not
> yet seen. 
>  
> > > and 1/2, respectively.If no info added,then the amount of money inside
> > > each envelope does not depend on whether we look at it or not,thus two
> > 
> > Your argument is interesting, however I could not agree for a "human"
> > reason:  if I see ONE MILLION $ in the first envelope, I'd keep it and
> > run as quickly as possible home or to my bank (in the US: police escort
> > neccessary!).  If it is only 100$, then I'd take the risk to exchange
> > with the other one.  Anyway, the chance to get 100$ more is the same as
> > losing 50$, isn't it?
> 
> Actually what I want to say is that, if I have seen 1 M $ then I were
> almost satisfied and could think only about the probability that I
> might lose 0.5 M$, which is 1/2. In the other case, the 100 $ only
> makes me eager to have more ...
> 
> VH
>