Congratulations! You've been invited to participate in the University of Miami Gator Game. To win your prize of a $10 Starbucks gift card, you must cross Lake Osceola in 1 of 3 boats, all personally built by Sebastian the Ibis. However, only 1 of them is strong enough to withstand an attack from an alligator, which the lake is now full of. They all look exactly the same, so you choose 1st boat. Sebastian says "It's a good thing you didn't pick the 3rd boart" and shoves it into the middle of the lake where it is bitten in half by an alligator.  Before you climb into your boat, Sebastian offers you the choice of switching to the 2nd boat. What is the probability that you are eaten by alligators if you switch to the 2nd boat

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Congratulations! You've been invited to participate in the University of Miami Gator Game. To win your prize of a $10 Starbucks gift card, you must cross Lake Osceola in 1 of 3 boats, all personally built by Sebastian the Ibis. However, only 1 of them is strong enough to withstand an attack from an alligator, which the lake is now full of. They all look exactly the same, so you choose 1st boat. Sebastian says "It's a good thing you didn't pick the 3rd boart" and shoves it into the middle of the lake where it is bitten in half by an alligator. 

Before you climb into your boat, Sebastian offers you the choice of switching to the 2nd boat. What is the probability that you are eaten by alligators if you switch to the 2nd boat?

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