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Colorful hats (Posted on 2014-04-16) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A, B, and C were in a line blindfolded. They each had a hat put on their heads. They knew that the hats were taken from a box of 2 red, 2 yellow, and 3 blue hats. When the blindfolds were taken off, A could see B's and C's hats, B could only see C's hat, and C could not see any hats. They made the following statements.

A:I cannot tell what color my hat is not.
B:I cannot tell what color my hat is not.
C:I can tell what color my hat is.

What color is C's hat and how does C know?

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Some Thoughts mini-spoiler | Comment 2 of 6 |

Blue, of course.

There are 2 distinct ways to solve it.

I  will post later, probably  the non-orthodox way.


  Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2014-04-16 10:29:05
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