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Three perfectly logical men are told to stand in a straightline, one in front of the other. A hat is put on each of theirheads. Each of these hats was selected from a group of five hats:two identical black hats and three identical white hats. None ofthe men can see the hat on his own head, and they can only see theperson's hat in front of him. In how many distributions of the hatscan the person in front deduce his own hat color?

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If the first two men in the line wear black hats the last person will identify that he is wearing a white hat as there are only 2 black hats So the person in front will not able to deduce his own hat color For the person in front to deduce his    See Answer
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