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Colored hats (Posted on 2002-05-08)

There were three men in a line (facing forward) so they can only see the man (or men) in front of them. There are also five hats, two black and three white. Each man is wearing one of the hats.

When the man at the back of the line was asked "Do you know your hat color?", he replied "No". When the man that was second in line was then asked "Do you know your hat color?" he replied "No". When the man at the front of the line was asked "Do you know your hat color?" he replied "Of course".

What color of hat was the man at the front of the line wearing?

See The Solution Submitted by Dan

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-06-23 08:37:33
comment	salil	2006-02-25 07:06:31
No Subject	logischer Verstand	2004-05-03 17:23:59
Simple & short	Federico Kereki	2003-10-27 12:46:50
re: hats	Federico Kereki	2003-10-27 12:43:54
re: hats	nikki	2003-09-24 17:23:55
Answer.	Gautam Joshi	2002-12-03 00:18:44
Solution	Dan	2002-05-10 05:50:25
My hat color	Tim	2002-05-09 20:02:05
hats	Chris Tyson	2002-05-09 18:40:45
My Answer	Tom	2002-05-09 12:23:39
Colored hats	Rich Cowley	2002-05-09 09:22:48

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