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December 2008
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The coloured hat exam: hint

The optimal strategy involves each student noting whether or not the other two have hats of the same colour.

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If you are stumped by last issue's puzzle, here is the solution.

For some challenging mathematical puzzles, see the NRICH puzzles from this month or last month.