The Hats

Logic Level 3

There are 2 are black hats and 3 white hats. Three of them are selected at random and placed on three people standing in a straight line. The person in the back speaks first.

What color is the person in the front wearing?

Note: Assume all of them are perfectly rational, and each person can only see the hats of the people in front of them.

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