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Problem 24 of 333HardBrainteaserP024
Infinite hats
A countably infinite line of mathematicians each wears a red or blue hat. Each sees all hats in front but not their own. Starting from the back, each must guess their own hat color (heard by all). They can plan a strategy beforehand. Can they guarantee only finitely many wrong guesses?
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