Nadya,
>>Nadya,
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>>They all pair up telling their partners the other fellow's hat color. None lost.
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>How it correlates with thier own color?
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>I already told and everyone already guessed, that 99 have 100% to survive and the last one has 50% probability.
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>I gave a hint to Steve, that "White" or "Black" can mean something (e.g. be a "secret code"). I could not give any more hints, since now the solution must be obvious.
Simple.. If you have two lines of 50 people, each facing each other and each telling just the one person opposite of them what their hat color is you can do this. Unless I've violated some rule. <g>
Best,
DD
A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.
Everything I don't understand must be easy!
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