Here's a riddle for you...?!
Question: Here's a riddle for you!.!.!.!?
There are three men that are captured by a tribe of cannibals!. The leader, who is in a good mood, decides to give them a chance to live!. He places them in a hut with no windows, mirrors, etc!. that could reflect anything!. He has five hats: two blue, three red!. He picks three of them (so two aren't used) and places one on each of the men's heads!. The men are in a single file row, facing one direction, so one man can see the two men in front of him, one can see one man in front of him, and the third can't see the other two behind him!. They are not allowed to turn around and look behind them at all, or they will all be killed!. The challenge is: one of them, any one of them, must correctly guess the color of the hat on their own head (on the first try), and they will all be set free!. (Oh, and they have no way of seeing the hat!.!.!.it's pulled back to the back of their head or something!.)
Still with me!? Tell me!.!.!.being three intelligent men, how do they save themselves!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Still with me!? Tell me!.!.!.being three intelligent men, how do they save themselves!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
if the "most back" man (the one who can see 2 hats in front of him) can see 2 blue hats in front of him, then he will know that he is wearing red!.!.!.
there was a little lacking with your riddle!. it should state that the man on the last of the row was asked 1st, he looks at the wo hats in front of him and he couldn't figured out what color he is wearing!.
then the one in the middle was asked!. he see one hat in front of him, but he said no, he can't guess what he is wearing!.
the man in front who cannot see any hat guessed the color of his hat correctly!.
HOW!? and what was the color of his hat!?
that should have been the riddle:
answer and explanation below:
note: hat colors are black instead of blue and white insted of red!.!.!.!.
The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him!. So, if both of those hats were black, he would know that the hat he wore was white!. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see at least one white hat ahead of him!.
After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one white hat worn by himself and the front man!.
Knowing this, if the middle man saw a black hat in front of him, he'd know that his own hat was white, and could answer the question correctly!.
But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a white hat on the front man!.
After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a white hat in front of him!. So he says, correctly, "My hat is white!."Www@Enter-QA@Com
there was a little lacking with your riddle!. it should state that the man on the last of the row was asked 1st, he looks at the wo hats in front of him and he couldn't figured out what color he is wearing!.
then the one in the middle was asked!. he see one hat in front of him, but he said no, he can't guess what he is wearing!.
the man in front who cannot see any hat guessed the color of his hat correctly!.
HOW!? and what was the color of his hat!?
that should have been the riddle:
answer and explanation below:
note: hat colors are black instead of blue and white insted of red!.!.!.!.
The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him!. So, if both of those hats were black, he would know that the hat he wore was white!. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see at least one white hat ahead of him!.
After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one white hat worn by himself and the front man!.
Knowing this, if the middle man saw a black hat in front of him, he'd know that his own hat was white, and could answer the question correctly!.
But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a white hat on the front man!.
After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a white hat in front of him!. So he says, correctly, "My hat is white!."Www@Enter-QA@Com
The man in the rear of the line can see the hats the other men are wearing, if he can also see the two unused hats!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.problem solved!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
i don't know!.!.!.hahahaha!.!.!.it's confusingWww@Enter-QA@Com
what the guy above me saidWww@Enter-QA@Com
The last man in the row who can see the other 2 in front of him is the key!.
Case 1: Where he sees 2 in front of him wearing a red cap each
Case 2: Where he sees 2 in front of him wearing a blue cap each
Case 3: Where he sees the 2 in front of him wearing one red and one blue
Case 1: he has to cross check what are the other 2 colors which the tribal leader removed!.
- If the leftover caps are both blue then he is wearing a red
- if one of caps leftover is red then he is wearing a blue
Case 2: He is wearing a red cap
Case 3: He has to cross check with the leftover caps
- if both the caps are red then he is wearing a blue cap
- if one is red and one is blue then he is wearing a red cap
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Case 1: Where he sees 2 in front of him wearing a red cap each
Case 2: Where he sees 2 in front of him wearing a blue cap each
Case 3: Where he sees the 2 in front of him wearing one red and one blue
Case 1: he has to cross check what are the other 2 colors which the tribal leader removed!.
- If the leftover caps are both blue then he is wearing a red
- if one of caps leftover is red then he is wearing a blue
Case 2: He is wearing a red cap
Case 3: He has to cross check with the leftover caps
- if both the caps are red then he is wearing a blue cap
- if one is red and one is blue then he is wearing a red cap
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