46. Hat Color Dilemma in the Jungle 4 guys are walking thru the jungle and are captured by a tribe. The king, who likes to play games, buries the three men up to their necks, blindfolds them, and places hats on their heads: 2 white and 2 black, 1 hat on each man's head, and tells them so. 1 man is facing the other three but there is a wall placed between them. He then removes the blindfold and the king tells them that they cannot speak other than to guess what color hat is on their head. If they are wrong, they will all die. Who speaks up and how does he know what color hat he has on his head? Added 15 December 2011 Show Hint Show Solution Hint: The man who can see the other three will use their reactions to deduce the color of his own hat. Solution: The man who can see the other three will speak up. If he sees two hats of the same color (either both black or both white), he will know that his hat must be the opposite color. If he sees one black and one white hat, he cannot determine the color of his own hat and will not speak up.
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