The important thing in this riddle is that all masters had equal chances to win. If one of them had been given a black hat and the other white hats, the one with black hat would immediately have known his color (unlike the others). So 1 black and 2 white hats is not a fair distribution.
If there had been one white and two black hats distributed, then the two with black hats would have had advantage. They would have been able to see one black and one white hat and supposing they had been given white hat, then the one with black hat must at once react as in the previous situation. However, if he had remained silent, then the guys with black hats would have known that they wear black hats, whereas the one with white hat would have been forced to eternal thinking with no clear answer. So neither this is a fair situation.
That’s why the only way of giving each student an equal chance is to distribute hats of one color – so 3 black hats.
I hope this is clear enough ?.
No i hate google. Took me fooking hours to find the answer!
On the theme of hat colours, here's a puzzle that was on Radio 4 a couple of years ago:
It's Bilbo Baggins's birthday and he decides to throw a huge party which is going to go on for weeks and weeks - but he does like to sleep so the guests go home each evening and return the next day.
The trouble is there is not enough room at Bag End so when they all arrive Bilbo gives everyone a hat. A white hat means that that guest is invited and may stay, a black hat means that he or she may not.
Everyone knows that there is a least one black hat. The guests cannot see their own hats but can see everyone else's. They don't even try to look at their own hats. Even in the evening when they go home they are too proud to peek.
Pride also prevents them from returning to the party once they work out whether they have a black hat as they know they haven't really been invited. It turns out that there are ten black hats although only Bilbo knows this. How long is it before only white hatted people turn up to the party?
Rich men need it
Poor men have it
Dead men eat it
But if you ate it you'd die...
oooh
and that one's shake hands....!
There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?
Because he's a short-arse and can't reach the top floor button unless he's got his brolly!
no one said they had to be hard
especially on a tuesday
Ok then, a man has 3 boxes of fruit in front of him:- 1 marked "apples", 1 marked "oranges" and 1 marked "apples and oranges". He knows that the fruits are correct, but the labels are all wrong. He is only allowed to open one box and take out one piece of fruit, without feeling or looking at any others. How does he determine which fruit or fruits are in which box?
