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]]>1 considers case 1 and case 2 then he figures his cap is blue.
]]>A Captain has three smart soldiers under him. The three soldiers are informed that their intelligence is being tested and that the captain has three blue and two red caps. They are made to stand in ascending order of their heights. They are blindfolded and the captain puts a cap, chosen at random, on the heads of the three soldiers. The blindfold is then removed. The captain asks the third soldier whats the color of the cap on his head. The third soldier sees the color of the cap on the heads of the first two soldiers, but he says he is unable to tell the color of the cap on his head.
The Captain asks the same question to the second solider. The second solider takes into consideration the third soldier's reply and the color of the cap on the first soldier, which he is able to see. But, he too is unable to tell the color of the cap on his head.
The Captain then asks the same question to the first soldier. The first soldier has only the replies of the third and second soldiers to draw any conclusion. But he tells the color of the cap on his head. He gives the right answer.
What's the color of the cap on the first soldier's head and how did he answer correctly?
]]>In his original puzzle he does not mention the "Walleye Pike" that is on the coudal.com version ... they probably added that to get around the "nobody said anyone owned a fish" argument.
In our version of who owns the fish, you are expected to use your powers of logic to solve for the missing pet, which is assumed to be a fish, cause that is the title of the puzzle.
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