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Old 11-25-2003, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
arael
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The Hat Delima (the "next" puzzle)

I'm sure some of you have heard this one before. this time, if you konw the answer for sure, just msg me so other people can do it too. I'll reveal the answer publicly in 2 days... (please remind me here it goes:

there are three prisoners. The gaurds told them, " I will line you there in a role, so the person the back can see the front two, the person in the middle can see the person infront of him and the person in the front cannot see the other two prisoners. I will put hats on each one of you, and the person who can guess the color of hat on his own head gets to leave. But we don't want random guessing, so if you guess wrong... we will be forced to shoot you." These three prisoners happen to be intelligent mathmaticians and are not willing to risk their life. They will not answer unless they have logical backing that their answer is correct. The guard presesnted the three prisoners five hats, three white and two black. The guard then drugged the prisoners and put them in a role. They woke up and was tied onto chairs. As i mentioned before, the last person could see the front two while the middle could see the prisoner infront of him but not the back and the fronmost prisoner cannot see anyone. So the three prisoner/mathmatician began to think as they looked infront. The last prisoners thought for a while and decided not to say a thing. The middle prisoners waited and decided not to say a thing. After a while, the front prisoner stood up and shouted "the HAT ON MY HEAD IS ******" What color of hat did he say was on his head? how did he know?

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