How many triangles can you see? Animated answer - Melissa Maths

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  • Triangle problem. Count the triangles and share how many you can see but pause the video before the answer of how many there are in total is revealed!

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  • @miguelandrade4439
    @miguelandrade4439 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    (5 choose 2) * 4 = 40

  • @reznovvazileski3193
    @reznovvazileski3193 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Per layer I count 4 singles+3 doubles+2 triples+1 MoaT so we've got 10 per layer. Any lower vertical layer can only be made a triangle by including the tip or it becomes trapeze. That in mind the same process repeats 4 layers in a row giving us 4*10 = 40.

  • @youcanteachthem
    @youcanteachthem 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    If I knew this video existed, I wouldn't have created my own version of this animation. Except that I didn't upload it to TH-cam.
    You inspire me to create some silent videos.
    Thank you and well done :)

    • @MelissaMaths
      @MelissaMaths  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it

  • @gonzalotapia1250
    @gonzalotapia1250 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Every row has the 4+3+2+1 = 10 combinations.
    Then it's 4*10= 40 triangles

  • @potaatobaked7013
    @potaatobaked7013 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Let’s see. There is 4 different triangle heights. There are 4 choices for containing no vertical internal lines, 3 for 1 vertical internal line, two for 2 vertical internal lines, and 1 for 3 vertical internal lines, so this is 4 * (4+3+2+1) or 40

  • @LordPractice
    @LordPractice 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All of them

  • @xlerb2286
    @xlerb2286 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I got 40, and the reasoning that that was all of them was sound and I knew it was sound. But I still spent a bit looking for the sneaky extra one(s) before I played the video.

  • @MelissaMaths
    @MelissaMaths  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for all your fabulous discussions about this video. I never expected it to get this much attention, and I love that it is entertaining so many people. 😘 Melissa

  • @OrenLikes
    @OrenLikes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    there are 5 diagonals and you need to choose 2, there are 4 horizontals and you need to choose 1:
    5C2*4=10*4=40

  • @rka3477
    @rka3477 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    40

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko ปีที่แล้ว +16

    (4 + 3 + 2 + 1) • 4 = 40.

    • @beaconblaster33
      @beaconblaster33 ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly my thought process lmao

    • @murilovichinskyschmidt8182
      @murilovichinskyschmidt8182 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, that was my thought process as well

    • @imadoge5036
      @imadoge5036 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you come up with these values? It seems like you did a Gauss move times the number of squares on the lateral or on a row. But not sure how this logic works

    • @Nikioko
      @Nikioko ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imadoge5036 It is quite simple. Just take the uppermost 4 triangles. If you want to combine two of them to a larger one, there are three possibilities: the leftmost two, the two in the middle and the rightmost two. For a combination of three small triangles, there are two possibilities, and there is the large one consisting of all four small triangles. That is the 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 part.
      Now, do you know what homothecy is? If you combine one of the triangles in the upper row with the trapezoids of the lower rows, you get similar, bigger triangles. You can combine the triangles with the trapezoids of one, two, or all three rows below. That is the • 4 part.

  • @THall-vi8cp
    @THall-vi8cp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well, I'm glad I got it right. I wasn't sure and thought maybe there was some trick answer.

    • @Lessgo00
      @Lessgo00 ปีที่แล้ว

      You didn't get it right lmao

    • @THall-vi8cp
      @THall-vi8cp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah, a failed psychic.

    • @TravisMcGee151
      @TravisMcGee151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everyone got it right…after watching the video 😅

    • @THall-vi8cp
      @THall-vi8cp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @TravisMcGee151
      Sure, and some before. I didn't use a math formula. I just counted the possible triangles over and over until I was satisfied.

  • @MrMousley
    @MrMousley 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got 40 ........................... YES !!

  • @patrickcorliss8878
    @patrickcorliss8878 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got 47. Must have double counted some.

  • @keithm1400
    @keithm1400 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    27814... ohh finally got it

  • @SGM_
    @SGM_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I see 40 triangles for true

  • @crusade4622
    @crusade4622 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw 5

  • @MP-tf7cc
    @MP-tf7cc หลายเดือนก่อน

    I count from largest to smallest, 40.

  • @Darisiabgal7573
    @Darisiabgal7573 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I see as many triangles as I see.

  • @Adam46221
    @Adam46221 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I saw freaking 28

  • @callyral
    @callyral 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    please include captions saying "[Silence]" so i won't think something is wrong with my phone

    • @MelissaMaths
      @MelissaMaths  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍🏻Will do

  • @hussaineh89
    @hussaineh89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got 24

  • @derainman9070
    @derainman9070 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4*4 +4!

  • @jayashreeks5551
    @jayashreeks5551 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5

  • @jakemccoy
    @jakemccoy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got at least 40. Let's see...

  • @AristonSparta
    @AristonSparta ปีที่แล้ว +1

    31

  • @benjaminmathew4496
    @benjaminmathew4496 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    U missed a few for example the middle line divides the biggest triangle into 2 smaller right trangkes 😊

    • @MarieAnne.
      @MarieAnne. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope, all triangles were accounted for.

    • @benjaminmathew4496
      @benjaminmathew4496 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes you are correct, sorry for doughting you, God bless you Jesus loves you

  • @bernardoomar
    @bernardoomar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    40 but if you rotate the triangle then 40x 3= 120 combinations

  • @joakimsiljelind118
    @joakimsiljelind118 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The question is "How many triangles can YOU see?" - Well what I see is most likely something I can see... 😂

    • @andypyne
      @andypyne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly this. It's the wrong question. I was asked this at school and gave an answer and had a back and forth with the teacher that left him exasperated and about to draw on the board to show me, and I explained "I don't care how many triangles you say there ARE, I can only see (x) so the answer is (x)"

    • @joakimsiljelind118
      @joakimsiljelind118 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andypyne Math teachers are bad at explaining their problems. You can't take what they say to literally. For example 0*0=0. Well if I have zero of something zero number of times I would argue I always have something and never nothing. So the correct answer if you take the wording of 0*0= literally you should answer ="Anything but zero" not zero. 🤫

    • @MarieAnne.
      @MarieAnne. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joakimsiljelind118 You're thinking 0/0 which is, mathematically, indeterminate (not to be confused by x/0, for non-zero x, which is undefined). But 0*0 is *always* = 0.

    • @joakimsiljelind118
      @joakimsiljelind118 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MarieAnne. I know the definition.

  • @anestismoutafidis4575
    @anestismoutafidis4575 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There are 25 + 15 triangles

  • @OtaviodeFreitasZara
    @OtaviodeFreitasZara 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    16.

  • @phuonglinh4775
    @phuonglinh4775 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I see 20

  • @JSSTyger
    @JSSTyger ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I counted 40 and stopped.

  • @Mike_Rottchburns
    @Mike_Rottchburns 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I see 40 in the thumbnail

  • @simeonrubko1218
    @simeonrubko1218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    well 4*4 + 5*4 + 4

  • @tbg-brawlstars
    @tbg-brawlstars ปีที่แล้ว

    20

  • @jeffey2113
    @jeffey2113 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    41

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Someone is THINKINIG outside the triangle!

  • @dave929
    @dave929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I get 40

  • @Hi-sz9yg
    @Hi-sz9yg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4 times 4!. HAHA

  • @okaro6595
    @okaro6595 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4 * (5 C 2) = 40.

  • @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555
    @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Made us pause for 1 minute to count 40 triangles on simple picture 🫠

    • @MelissaMaths
      @MelissaMaths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some people need more time and I don't want them to feel rushed. At least you can fast forward TH-cam videos

  • @jukesdtj656
    @jukesdtj656 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro its fuckin 4 you cant just ignore the lines.

  • @susanlegeza7562
    @susanlegeza7562 ปีที่แล้ว

    Four

  • @user-ow4oj1wk2o
    @user-ow4oj1wk2o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The right answer is actually 80.

  • @jasiulopek1239
    @jasiulopek1239 หลายเดือนก่อน

    kto od buddy? :D

  • @ArcaneOdysseyLover
    @ArcaneOdysseyLover 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I see 10

  • @wszystkoshorty
    @wszystkoshorty หลายเดือนก่อน

    ale wyświetlenia pewnie skoczą xD

  • @KnightoftheSorryFace
    @KnightoftheSorryFace 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lot

  • @AjaySivaram-by8vl
    @AjaySivaram-by8vl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    = sports indian-players politics how-bjps srinivasan-became-tamil-nadus-1st-to-ear After name of time to discuss about the text is

  • @someonespadre
    @someonespadre ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The correct answer is 5, you’re welcome.

  • @Pyramid_2014
    @Pyramid_2014 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My stupid brain saying 5

    • @MelissaMaths
      @MelissaMaths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's definitely not a stupid brain. These puzzles are to amuse and entertain 😊

  • @padraicbrown6718
    @padraicbrown6718 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I came up with three answers:
    0, 40, 41
    If we look at this as a rectangle extending into the distance, it only looks like a triangle because of convergence in perspective. Thus, 0 actual triangles.
    If we do the common maths (4 + 3 + 2 + 1) x 4, as several commenters did, we get 40.
    Almost everyone forgets the triangle OUTSIDE. ((4 + 3 + 2 + 1) x 4) + 1 = 41

    • @deloptin545
      @deloptin545 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what triangle outside???

    • @robertveith6383
      @robertveith6383 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Original poster -- No, there is no "rectangle extending into the distance," so that answer is wrong. There is no "triangle on the outside," so that is wrong. There are only the triangles formed by the line segments. Your post is wrong. You can either amend it to correct it or delete it, else you are passing along false information.

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robertveith6383 --- It's all a matter of perspective! This is one of the great things about math: things aren't always as they first seem.
      Sometime, find a nice long stretch of relatively straight road and actually observe. You will see a "triangle", even though your experience tells you the sides are parallel and not convergent.
      As for the triangle outside --- sometimes you need to derigidify your thinking.

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@deloptin545 -- The triangle that comprises the space outside of the marked grid.

    • @deloptin545
      @deloptin545 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@padraicbrown6718 the one not shaped like a triangle?

  • @montedor
    @montedor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    THERE IS NO UNIQUE CORRECT ANSWER. For sure, there ARE 40 triangles. But the question is "How many triangles CAN YOU SEE?" If, for example, you can see only 4 triangles, and you say so, then you have answered the question correctly. Same for any other number of triangles that you can see. Maybe you can see 97 triangles. Right again! All joking aside, in math as in most every other endeavor, it is important to speak precisely and completely, so as to eliminate ambiguity and misunderstanding.

    • @valiantvii
      @valiantvii 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Counterargument: The question is "How many triangles CAN you see?" You might only recognize 4, or 5, etc., however, the fact is you CAN still see all 40. The definition of can is "to be able to," and there is no point in which you are incapable of seeing all 40 triangles, even if you recognize less.

    • @sunte91
      @sunte91 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@valiantviiTrue, unless you can’t actually see. Then the answer is 0.

    • @julianmustermann1243
      @julianmustermann1243 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@valiantviiCAN has multiple meanings.
      It can refer your personal abilities or to some general possibility.

    • @0ooTheMAXXoo0
      @0ooTheMAXXoo0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@julianmustermann1243"Can I have a sandwich" is wrong, "May I have a sandwich" is correct. "I can do it" means you have the ability to do it. "I will do it" means you will actually do it Every teacher will correct you when using "Can" the wrong way, but lots of people do use it the wrong way anyways... "Can" does not mean the same as "will" or "may" or "do," or anything else. Can is its own word for a good reason. It means something is possible, is able to happen...

    • @Angrypickle5
      @Angrypickle5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@0ooTheMAXXoo0I guess I'm forced to one up you and say that "anyways" isn't actually a word.

  • @idleishde6124
    @idleishde6124 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's only 5 because each line denotes the end of one object and the beginning of another so this video is wrong.
    Either you explicitly state 'you may combine multiple objects across dividing lines' or implicitly there are only 5, because there is 4 small triangles explicitly viewed, 1 grand triangle, and a bunch of quadrangle of various shapes. Combining a quadrangle and a triangle may make a larger triangle but without rules to explicitly express that it is not a condition you can infer.
    This is why our robots and AI fail so much, the lack of explicit instruction. You need to be clear what the rules are otherwise you get the right answer, just not the answer you thought it was.

    • @memoryloop5816
      @memoryloop5816 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      So you ruled out all triangles with multiple parts, but decided to include the grand triangle with ALL parts
      I can see why our programs really fail now

    • @iamthesaltonyourwounds2313
      @iamthesaltonyourwounds2313 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro legit sounds like a robot and hey if you don't know the formula to find the number of triangles in such a figure then you don't have to justify your lack of skill, there is nothing to be ashamed of

    • @NebraskaGonvilleJones
      @NebraskaGonvilleJones ปีที่แล้ว

      Jesus mate. The utter stupidity with which you are basing your argument on is truly breathtaking. The “1 grand triangle” here is “made up” of what? 🤦🏾‍♀️ You are clearly not in robotics or any field that requires critical thinking. 🙄

    • @THall-vi8cp
      @THall-vi8cp ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We _can_ infer it, and we did.
      Claiming AI can only work with "explicit" (read: literal) instructions is to claim there is no real intelligence.
      It takes actual intelligence to look at a problem, see it several ways, and come up with a solution. Perhaps lack of ability to draw inference is not a failure to provide "explicit instructions" but is a failure of AI itself.

    • @darknessdevours5827
      @darknessdevours5827 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your argument can directly, completely, and hilariously be turned right back against you. Sure, you weren't told that the shapes could combine to make more triangles, but, here's the kicker, _you weren't told they couldn't, either._

  • @Wkurwiajsiedzieciaku
    @Wkurwiajsiedzieciaku หลายเดือนก่อน

    Error lol

  • @AmirgabYT2185
    @AmirgabYT2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    40

  • @mncbabu
    @mncbabu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    29

  • @Gustavo_Fringus
    @Gustavo_Fringus ปีที่แล้ว

    44

  • @derklugejunge15
    @derklugejunge15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    40

  • @chadrew6
    @chadrew6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    40

  • @gerardsmith4647
    @gerardsmith4647 ปีที่แล้ว

    43

  • @georgekennedy3127
    @georgekennedy3127 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    40

  • @greatoak7661
    @greatoak7661 ปีที่แล้ว

    36

  • @elainewaterson6623
    @elainewaterson6623 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    40

  • @stevendavis2122
    @stevendavis2122 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    56