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In a small village in the middle of nowhere, three innocent prisoners are sitting in a
jail. One day, the cruel jailer takes them out and places them in a line on three chairs,
in such a way that man C can see both man A and man B, man B can see only man A, and man A can see none of the other men. The jailer shows them 7 flags, 2 of which are Red and 5 of which are Blue. After this, he blindfolds the men, places one flag on each of their backs, and removes the blindfolds again. The jailer tells his three prisoners that if one of them is able to determine the color of his flag within one minute, all of them are released. Otherwise, they will all be executed. None of the prisoners can see his own flag, and all are intelligent. After 59 seconds, man A shouts out the (correct) color of his flag!

2006-12-17 21:37:43 · 5 answers · asked by abcd_123 2 in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

5 answers

blue.......
if C wud had seen both A nd B in Red, he wud had shouted that he is having blue, but he didnt shout. thus A and B both were having either blue,or 1 red and other blue.

Now if B wud had seen A in red he can tell that he is having blue, because C didnt shout. c wud had shouted only if both were red, but C didnt so B is having blue. But even B didnt shout which results that A was having blue.

because if this B and C could not come to any conclusion.
thus blue flag.

2006-12-17 21:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by i m gr8 3 · 2 0

blue.maybe he saw the jailer holding 2 red and 2 blue flags so he knew his was blue

2006-12-17 21:49:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

man a wears glasses and can see the flag in there reflection

2006-12-17 21:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by kydd 6 · 0 0

blue

2006-12-17 21:42:13 · answer #4 · answered by raja 2 · 0 0

all he has to do is ask the other prisoners
and it's most likely blue

2006-12-17 22:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by Greeneyed 7 · 0 0

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