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THEIR HATS ARE ALL BLUE IN COLOR. THERE ARE 3 POSSIBLE HAT COLOR COMBINATIONS: [A] 1 BLUE, 2 WHITE [B] 2 BLUE, 1 WHITE [C] 3 BLUE THE COLOR COMBINATION OF 3 WHITE HATS IS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE THE KING HAS ALREADY SAID THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE WISE MEN HAS A BLUE HAT. SO, LET'S START OUR ANALYSIS. WHAT IF THERE WERE ONE BLUE HAT AND TWO WHITE HATS? THEN THE WISE MAN WITH THE BLUE HAT WOULD HAVE SEEN TWO WHITE HATS AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED OUT THAT HIS OWN HAT WAS BLUE, SINCE HE KNEW THERE IS AT LEAST ONE BLUE HAT. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND THUS THE HAT COLOR COMBINATION [A] IS RULED OUT. NOW, THE WISE MEN KNEW THAT ONLY 2 HAT COLOR COMBINATIONS ARE POSSIBLE - COMBINATION [B] OR [C]. WHAT IF THERE WERE TWO BLUE HATS AND ONE WHITE HAT? THE MEN WITH THE BLUE HATS WILL SEE ONE WHITE HAT AND ONE BLUE HAT. THEY WILL CONCLUDE THAT COLOR COMBINATION [B] IS THE CASE AND WOULD CALL OUT BLUE AS THEIR HAT COLOR. THIS ALSO DID NOT HAPPEN, AND THUS THE HAT COLOR COMBINATION [B] IS ALSO RULED OUT. AFTER SOME TIME, WHEN NONE OF THE WISE MEN ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE COLOR OF THEIR OWN HATS, COMBINATION [C] (OF 3 BLUE HATS) BECOMES THE ONLY POSSIBLE OPTION THE KING KEEPS POISON 12 SO THAT HE CAN NEUTRALIZE ANY POISON THAT THE CLOWN GIVES HIM. HE POURS POISON 10 (HIS SECOND STRONGEST POISON) AND GIVES IT TO THE CLOWN TO DRINK. CLOWN CAN DEDUCE THIS SO HE KEEPS POISON 11 FOR HIMSELF TO NEUTRALIZE POISON 10. THAT'S HOW HE SURVIVES. HE ALSO KNOWS THAT THE KING, AFTER DRINKING THE CUP HE GAVE HIM, WILL DRINK POISON 12 TO NEUTRALIZE THE POISON. SO THE CLOWN POURS PLAIN WATER INSTEAD OF POISON INTO THE CUP FOR THE KING. THE KING DRINKS THE WATER (WATER IS NOT POISON) AND RIGHT AFTER THAT HE DRINKS THE STRONGEST POISON POSSIBLE (12) AND DIES IF THERE WAS ONLY ONE BLUE-EYED PERSON ON THE ISLAND, THEN THAT PERSON WOULD LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT THERE IS NO OTHER BLUE-EYED PERSON. SO HE REALIZES THAT HE IS THE ONLY PERSON WITH BLUE EYES ON THE ISLAND AND LEAVES ON THE DAY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. IF THERE ARE 2 BLUE-EYED PEOPLE, THEN THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER. EACH ONE EXPECTS THE OTHER TO LEAVE ON THE DAY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. HOWEVER, ON THE NEXT DAY, WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT NEITHER OF THEM LEFT THE ISLAND, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEDUCE THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE BLUE EYES. THEY BOTH LEAVE THE ISLAND ON THE SECOND DAY. THROUGH MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION, THIS LOGIC CAN BE APPLIED TO THE 100 BLUE-EYED PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND. SO ON THE 100TH DAY, ALL THE 100 BLUE-EYED PEOPLE LEAVE THE ISLAND MIKE COOPER IS THE CULPRIT. WE CAN EXCLUDE MARTIN FROM OUR INVESTIGATIONS AS HE WAS THE VICTIM. TERRY SINGER POSSESSES AN ORANGE CAR. THE THIEF POSSESSES A BLUE CAR, THUS TERRY SINGER CANNOT BE THE CULPRIT. THE SUSPECT WHO OWNS A BLUE CAR WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES. THE SUSPECT WHO WEIGHS 190 POUNDS WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES. THE SUSPECT WHO WEIGHS 190 POUNDS IS NOT THE ONE WHO HAS BLACK HAIR. THEREFORE, ONE SUSPECT WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES, POSSESSES A BLUE CAR, WEIGHS 190 POUNDS, AND IS NOT THE ONE WHO HAS BLACK HAIR. BUT JIM CONDON WAS WEARING BROWN SHOES, SYLVIAN BOGARD HAS BLACK HAIR, JONAH JAMESON WEIGHS 210 POUNDS, AND TERRY SINGER POSSESSES AN ORANGE CAR. THEREFORE, THE ONLY SUSPECT WHO COULD BE THIS SUSPECT IS MIKE COOPER. AS MIKE COOPER, OWNS A BLUE CAR AND THE THIEF OWNS A BLUE CAR, HE IS DEFINITELY THE THIEF