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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 THE JAILOR NEEDS 10 PRISONERS. BINARY MATHS IS NEEDED TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE. BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE ON HOW YOU USE BINARY LOGIC TO FIND THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS FOR 8 BOTTLES OF WINE. ASSUME THE WINE BOTTLES ARE NAMED W1, W2, W3...W8. THE PRISONERS ARE NAMED P1, P2 AND P3. THE ABOVE CHART SUMMARISES WHICH PRISONER HAS TO DRINK FROM WHICH WINE BOTTLE. '1' INDICATES THAT THE PRISONER HAS TO DRINK FROM THAT BOTTLE. BOTTLE W1 IS NOT FED TO ANY PRISONER. BOTTLE W2 IS FED TO PRISONER P3. BOTTLE W3 IS FED TO PRISONER P2 AND SO ON. IF NO ONE DIES, THEN WINE BOTTLE W1 IS POISONED. IF ONLY PRISONER P3 DIES, BOTTLE W2 IS POISONED. IF ONLY PRISONER P2 DIES, BOTTLE W3 IS POISONED. IF BOTH PRISONERS P2 AND P3 DIE, BOTTLE W4 IS POISONED. IF ONLY PRISONER P1 DIES, BOTTLE W5 IS POISONED. IF BOTH PRISONERS P1 AND P3 DIE, BOTTLE W6 IS POISONED. IF BOTH PRISONERS P1 AND P2 DIE, BOTTLE W7 IS POISONED. IF ALL 3 PRISONERS DIE, BOTTLE W8 IS POISONED. SO TO TEST 1000 BOTTLES OF WINE, 10 PRISONERS ARE SUFFICIENT AS THAT WILL ALLOW (2^10) 1024 UNIQUE COMBINATIONS THE BIN WAS HALF FULL AT 10PM. THE SKIP STARTED WITH 1 LONELY BOTTLE. AT NOON: 1 PERSON CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 BOTTLES. AT 1PM: 2 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 + 2 = 4 BOTTLES. AT 2PM: 4 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 4 + 4 = 8 BOTTLES. AT 3PM: 8 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 8 + 8 = 16 BOTTLES. THEREFORE THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN IS DOUBLING EVERY HOUR, AS IT WAS FULL AT 11PM, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HALF FULL AT 10PM ROGERS COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT HIS EX-WIFE HAD BEEN SHOT UNLESS HE HAD THE GUILTY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME. THE MAID DID NOT SAY WHY SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. YET ROGERS' FIRST WORDS ON ENTERING THE HOSPITAL WERE, "WHO SHOT HER?"