I guess I need a little more help with this answer...
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Originally posted by Sticky
The guy at the back would have known that he was wearing a red hat had he seen two white hats in front of him.
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Correct but he didn't see two white hats. Meaning that either both people in front of him were wearing red hats or one was wearing a red and the other a white. Either way he can't pick beyond a shadow of a doubt what hat he's wearing.
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Originally posted by Sticky
The middle guy, knowing this would have guessed that he was wearing a red hat had he seen you wearing a white hat.
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Knowing what? The third guy didn't say anything right? So all the 2nd guy knows is if the first guy is wearing white or red. That still leaves a 50% chance for him(the second guy)to be wearing white and a 66% chance for red, if that makes sense.
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Originally posted by Sticky
You knowing all this know that you are wearing a red hat. If you were wearing a white hat one of the other guys whould have know what color hat they were wearing.
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Again I'm lost. I'm wearing a red hat and the 2nd is wearing a white hat. The 2nd guy is still lost and so is the third. Can you explain the answer in a different way?