There were three prisoners who were innocent and were in a village jail. The cruel jailer takes all the three men out one day and makes them sit in one straight line one after the other on a chair. They were made to sit in such a way that the man A cannot see the man A & B. the man B can see only A. the man C can see both A&B. the three men are shown 5 hats by the jailer amongst which 2 of them are black and three of them are white. After showing the hats, the men are blindfolded by the jailer, and the jailer places one hat on each one of the men's head. After this, the jailer removes the blindfolds. The three prisoners are told by the jailer that if any one of them guesses the color of the hat within 1 minute, all of the three men will be freed. If they don't guess the right answer, then they will be executed. The prisoners cannot see their own hats. But all the three men are intelligent. Immediately after 59 seconds the man A shouts the color of the hat which is the correct answer.
Question: what could be the color of the man A's hat and how did the man A got to know the answer?
Solution:
The color of the hat which the man A is wearing is the white color hat.
It is clear with the question and the clue itself that neither B nor C has information regarding this and therefore they do not answer. For the explanation, let's start from C. the man C can see man A's hat and also man B's hat. He must be seeing at least one white hat on any one of them. If he sees two black hats, then he clearly knows that he is wearing a white colored hat. But the man B cannot give an answer. He might see a white hat on man A. if the man B saw a black hat on A, he would know that he is wearing a white one. The question itself says that the man A answers to the question and therefore, the man A shouts that he is wearing a white one.
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