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The Blue Eyes Problem

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200 islanders: 100 blue-eyed, 100 brown-eyed. No mirrors. An outsider says I see blue eyes. If you know your eye color, you must leave at midnight. What happens?
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All 100 blue-eyed leave

The answer to this riddle is All 100 blue-eyed leave. Difficulty: Hard · Solved by 14,580 puzzle lovers.

All 100 blue-eyed leave on night 100. They use inductive reasoning based on who has NOT left each preceding night.
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