What is the Colour of the Hat? - Answer
Other Pages: Welcome! Home Contents Get your brain teaser solved! View my blog on particle physics here What is the Colour of the Hat? - Answer Age group: All The question was: "There are 3 black hats and 2 white hats in a box. Three men (say A, B and C) have a random hat placed on their heads. They cannot see what colour hat they have. The men are situated in such a way that A can see the hats on B and C's hats, B can only see the hat on C's head and C cannot see any hat. When A is asked if he can identify the colour of his hat, he refuses. Next, when B is asked the same question, he refuses too. However, C, who couldn't see anyone else's hat, says yes and correctly identifies the colour of the hat on his head. How did he know and what was the colour of his hat?" You can also view the question here: What is the Colour of the Hat? Now coming to the Answer! We know that there are 3 black hats and 2 white hats. A...