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A Turkish Businessman and Hats
A businessman wanted to get an assistant to help him with his business, and that assistant needed to be really smart. Several days after the word went out, two guys, A and B came to him.
The businessman wanted to find out which one was smarter, so he took them to a pitch-dark room. He turned on the light, and said to them, “There are five hats on the table, two red ones and three black ones. Now I will turn off the light, and mess up all the hats. Then every one of us will pick a hat at random. When I turn on the light, you should tell me the color of your hat immediately.” The busi-nessman turned off the light, and they all picked one hat and put it on their heads. In the meantime, the businessman hid the rest of the hats. When he switched on the light, the two guys saw that the businessman had a red hat on his head. A mo-ment later, A said, “My hat is black.” How did he know?
A businessman wanted to get an assistant to help him with his business, and that assistant needed to be really smart. Several days after the word went out, two guys, A and B came to him.
The businessman wanted to find out which one was smarter, so he took them to a pitch-dark room. He turned on the light, and said to them, “There are five hats on the table, two red ones and three black ones. Now I will turn off the light, and mess up all the hats. Then every one of us will pick a hat at random. When I turn on the light, you should tell me the color of your hat immediately.” The busi-nessman turned off the light, and they all picked one hat and put it on their heads. In the meantime, the businessman hid the rest of the hats. When he switched on the light, the two guys saw that the businessman had a red hat on his head. A mo-ment later, A said, “My hat is black.” How did he know?