Can you solve the fish riddle? - Steve Wyborney

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    As the cargo director on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Buoyant, you’ve agreed to transport several tanks containing the last specimens of an endangered fish species to their new aquarium. Unfortunately, the boat is battered by a fierce storm, throwing your precious cargo overboard. Can you get the fish to safety and save the day? Steve Wyborney shows how.
    Lesson by Steve Wyborney, animation by Artrake Studio.

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  • @vizualedit0r481
    @vizualedit0r481 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5932

    - Hits storm.
    - Loses the cargo.
    - Rare fish species chance of going extinct by sharks.
    - information for the quantity of fish tanks gets lost.
    - Only enough fuel for 1 trip to the ocean floor.
    - Sonar malfunctions.
    - Poor informitive shipping notes.
    - There is a timelimit to solve the problem.
    - You have to do this all by yourself while It's still storming.
    _"All in all, not a bad day."_

    • @artofsue4320
      @artofsue4320 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Vizual Edit0r hahahaha exactly

    • @blunderblitz
      @blunderblitz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      this needs to become a movie. Hell even battleships got a movie like whut.

    • @mrvaldemar66
      @mrvaldemar66 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It was part of earth's natural plan for those fish to go extinct but no matter how hard mother nature fights, man will always over power her, for better or for worse........

    • @phzzydrinks2325
      @phzzydrinks2325 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That part killed me.

    • @jackthorndyke3390
      @jackthorndyke3390 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Philosophical Savant Calm down he was talking about that specific species of fish. Also, it was a joke. 😕

  • @naamagordon4175
    @naamagordon4175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2917

    Me: just trying to look at some riddles stress free
    TedEd: THE FATE OF AN ENTIRE SPECIES IS ON YOUR HANDS

    • @jonahboerboom7169
      @jonahboerboom7169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol

    • @nahidbakhshandeh7844
      @nahidbakhshandeh7844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yea, very relaxing.

    • @涛涛-u5h
      @涛涛-u5h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Me: just let them die lmao it’s just a fish

    • @soulofflame9999
      @soulofflame9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@涛涛-u5h How would you feel if YOU were being transported by an alien ship, accidentally lost in space, and you hear the aliens say (rough translation): "Let it die, it's just a human."

    • @THEWITCHSTICK
      @THEWITCHSTICK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True!

  • @muenk2477
    @muenk2477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3382

    Narrator:Unfortunately your sonar malfunctioned
    Me: Of course it did....

    • @pratulanand4476
      @pratulanand4476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      S.O.N.A.R.

    • @alejandroquesada
      @alejandroquesada 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      🅱️.O.N.A.R

    • @jasminesofela5724
      @jasminesofela5724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alejandro Quesada aa

    • @thalespro9995
      @thalespro9995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Me: *blames whoever made the sonar for losing the fish*

    • @brysonashcroft527
      @brysonashcroft527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      How about how they put a near endangered species on top of a stack where it could easily fall off

  • @joemama5850
    @joemama5850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2538

    "Hurry, the fate of an entire species depends on you"
    Pause button: allow me to introduce myself

  • @nosjdu
    @nosjdu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8790

    To be honest after all that information I didn't even know what the question was

    • @saphricpcgaming5182
      @saphricpcgaming5182 7 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      I still don't know what the answer is and I finished the video.

    • @deetz23
      @deetz23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bida ma lol same

    • @chevyDboyMike
      @chevyDboyMike 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      riddle turns into a story

    • @galaxygirl2701
      @galaxygirl2701 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bida ma same -_- IM NOT THE NERD OF THE CLASS

    • @bethsieb7373
      @bethsieb7373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bida ma same

  • @netalivo
    @netalivo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1418

    4:18 "you've saved the species"
    i didnt do shit

  • @zacharygaming4330
    @zacharygaming4330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    Ted-Ed: Hurry, the tanks won’t withstand anymore pressure
    Dude: Hold up just got to make a table real quick

  • @kingvideogames
    @kingvideogames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2410

    Step 1: Confirm that the fish have green eyes
    Step 2: Ask the sharks to leave.

    • @razormoos
      @razormoos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @ehud kotegaro see the green eyed riddle video

    • @razormoos
      @razormoos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @ehud kotegaro it's. a. joke.

    • @casuallyexisting2401
      @casuallyexisting2401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Ok this is getting out of hand

    • @k-874
      @k-874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @mengjiasun3404
      @mengjiasun3404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      OZO

  • @pranavmullappalli6708
    @pranavmullappalli6708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1443

    I just watch these without even knowing what the heck im doing. his voice and the animations are satisfying

    • @emmatara9293
      @emmatara9293 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Lunar Pancake yaaaasss I know right!! I've been binge watching all these 'can you solve the .... riddle??' And I'm like heck no - I'll wait three seconds and find out

    • @inniuy1794
      @inniuy1794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lunar Pancake yeah

    • @DiKayPugh
      @DiKayPugh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm with you i watch these for the same resin

    • @raunakkumar9110
      @raunakkumar9110 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lunar Pancake
      I totally get u they make it sound so easy and I still don't get it

    • @falcons0116
      @falcons0116 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lunar Pancake everytime I'm solving a math question I try to explain it in my head using his voice

  • @shrimpchimp8415
    @shrimpchimp8415 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5514

    If no-one knew how many fish there actually were, couldn’t you just collect, say, half the fish and lie that those were all the fish?

    • @lebrawnjemz4339
      @lebrawnjemz4339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +539

      Hugh Wilson the people who aren’t on board (sending and receiving the fish) know, just nobody on the boat knows

    • @MandrakeGuy
      @MandrakeGuy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +336

      "not a single fish can be lost"

    • @ssrini2002
      @ssrini2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      I think you’re missing the point here...

    • @hpds3133
      @hpds3133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MandrakeGuy then why did he didn't get the fish in the gamma section?

    • @ImTheBluestBird
      @ImTheBluestBird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ayy :D he did

  • @cs889201a
    @cs889201a 5 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    plot twist: you spent so much time doing the table that the fuel ran out for the sub

    • @jakeboynton
      @jakeboynton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmao I was able to do it in my head in 5 min I could've done it quicker if I was really locked in

    • @Thestin
      @Thestin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@jakeboynton r/iamverysmart

    • @instantramen7074
      @instantramen7074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      meanwhile there am I crying in the corner not being able to visualize how would my hand look without my thumb... :(

    • @wayway7017
      @wayway7017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@instantramen7074 same

    • @cartergray8563
      @cartergray8563 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i would like but its at 420

  • @whatsthereinaname-shakespe1805
    @whatsthereinaname-shakespe1805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2417

    Guys i solved it on my own... My first.... But i used a different method... it's algebraic
    .
    .
    Let total no of fishes in each aquarium be f...
    Than 2+4f+4+2f+x+yf= 50
    where x and y r the no of sharks and no of tanks respectively
    .
    (6+y)f=44-x
    f=44-x/6+y
    Now f can't be a fraction,it can only be a whole no
    And
    x+6≤7 and x can't be 2and 4, only possible values r 1,3,5 and 6
    Subtracting by 1 and 3 gives us a prime no so impossible and by 6 gives us 38 as numerator which has to be divided by 6+y so y should be equal to 13 which is not possible.. leaving us only with 5
    Substituting this value we can get
    .
    .
    44-5/6+7=3
    Hence no of fish in each tank = 3 and total tanks in sector gamma is 7 and shark=5
    .
    Ps:- I couldn't resist myself sharing my solution and it's also the first comment i wrote... hope it doesn't goes unnoticed.

    • @fgorn
      @fgorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I did the same thing!

    • @yashicaagarwal7909
      @yashicaagarwal7909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      I went through it the same way .... But got confused because of so many variables and possibilities.... I missed getting the point of the whole number

    • @jonathanzuckerberg8850
      @jonathanzuckerberg8850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      My methodology wasn't exactly the same but using your letter scheme I started with 50 = 6 + 6f + x + yf and then used the rules to see which values of f,x,y were allowed in the rules. Then I went through each remaining possible value for x after reading the rules (1,3,5,6,7) and plugged them in to that equation while moving the constants all over to one side of the =. We know there were 6 sharks in the first two sectors so 50 went down to 44, and then plugging in the possibilities for x, I found that a constant c would be equal to f*(6+y) and values of 1,3,7 for x made the constant c prime so it could not equal f*(6+y) which is a product of f and (6+y) so by definition it is not prime. This left x to be either 5 or 6 but if it is 6 we have the constant c equal to 38, whose only factor pairs are 1/38 and 2/19. By the rules of the problem, neither f or (6+y) could equal 19 or 38, so we see x cannot be 6. Taking x to be 5 we get 39=f*(6+y), and since the factor pairs of 39 are only 1/39 and 3/13, we can deduce that the only possible answer we can get within the rules is that f is 3 and (6+y) is 13 so y is 7. We can check this by plugging everything into the original equation so we get 50 = 6 + 6*(3) + 5 + (7)*(3) which is correct.

    • @unicorncupcakies
      @unicorncupcakies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      _um_ I’m confused.

    • @yawningtho
      @yawningtho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s legit

  • @starvetodeath123
    @starvetodeath123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    1:31 "Your sonar has malfunctioned"
    Me: Well clearly, God doesn't want me to take these fish to the aquarium. Time to go home.

    • @amanofculture4892
      @amanofculture4892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      After my cargo flew off the boat and my sonar machine suddenly exploded I'd be looking at that submarine with a little more skepticism

    • @real_1llusi0n15
      @real_1llusi0n15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe to solve the problem, butcher all the crewmates. Sincr you are captain, you can sail the ship. Afterwards, say that the flesh is the dead fishes' remains. Then you are done. You didn't save them, but hey. Atleast you get some healthy fish flesh :)

    • @shiningemeralds8024
      @shiningemeralds8024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@real_1llusi0n15 Impostor victory

    • @MaxGamin69
      @MaxGamin69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me:did it malfunctioned or f###ing exploded

  • @dbg537
    @dbg537 7 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    So in conclusion, it was Mrs. Peacock in the bathroom with the candlestick.

    • @ezramahle1472
      @ezramahle1472 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      rofl

    • @gracehanlon4820
      @gracehanlon4820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Dbananaguy53 I just read that and I'm now laughing hysterically very late at night and my family probably thinks I'm crazy

    • @Jhopemmaa
      @Jhopemmaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hhahahhahah

    • @oliviac5165
      @oliviac5165 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dbananaguy53 It's always Mrs. Peacock, I swear.

    • @Plebasaurus5179
      @Plebasaurus5179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dbananaguy53 conservatory*

  • @john_hunter_
    @john_hunter_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    This is one of the most convoluted scenarios I have ever seen.

    • @Schwallex
      @Schwallex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      This.
      And it's not like it's convoluted in interesting ways. It is convoluted for convolution's sake.
      And It's not that you can't understand it, it's that you don't want to because it's not worth it. It is pointless, steals your time and bores you to tears.
      Halfway through the setup I stopped listening and started thinking about what groceries I need to buy tonight. And that turned out to be a much more productive exercise.

    • @imasepan
      @imasepan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      John Hunter it's not convoluted, you could solve this using your head and memory within a few minutes dude. You're just not trying hard enough!

    • @fleaflyfloflum3625
      @fleaflyfloflum3625 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hurry Calls yeah, i just solved it using only my head in 4 mins

    • @mathmusicminecraft
      @mathmusicminecraft 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I don't think the problem is that the answer is convoluted, but the situation. There are just do many arbitrary and unlikely rules.

    • @philipripper1522
      @philipripper1522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It's a math problem, not a logic puzzle.

  • @sophiesmith9300
    @sophiesmith9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    "There are no other organisms..."
    Dang those sharks really do be hungry

    • @todd3143
      @todd3143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they also guest star in a lot of yo mama jokes

  • @Rippleskip
    @Rippleskip 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4667

    good job. but then one of them got stolen by a german in a green house

    • @laurendyer2838
      @laurendyer2838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Heh heh, good one! Good reference, as I am binging on all the riddles in the playlist and this makes sense to me 😁😁

    • @diannekaw7808
      @diannekaw7808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Good

    • @Green24152
      @Green24152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      RIDDLE CONNECTION

    • @laurendyer2838
      @laurendyer2838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      kenny park maaaaggggiiiiiic

    • @notjustastopmotion6493
      @notjustastopmotion6493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Shoulda been more careful

  • @sansamman4619
    @sansamman4619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +749

    then the sharks starve and the sharks become endangered

    • @JoshSideris
      @JoshSideris 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Nothing's changed. They didn't take away the sharks' natural food, they just didn't give them new food.

    • @sansamman4619
      @sansamman4619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Josh Sideris funny things aren't meant to be true...

    • @scarcehere3715
      @scarcehere3715 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      san kitty good because i hate them

    • @sansamman4619
      @sansamman4619 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scarce Here hate wat?

    • @scarcehere3715
      @scarcehere3715 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      san kitty i am really fucking scared of sharks

  • @rustbucket1043
    @rustbucket1043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    Video “ Hurry, the fate of the species depends on you.”
    Me “I CAN’T HANDLE THIS!” *Dives into ocean*

  • @kaiserwilhelmiiemperorofge2801
    @kaiserwilhelmiiemperorofge2801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    “There is no time to waste”
    “Pause the video if you need to”

  • @fennxfox6241
    @fennxfox6241 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2265

    Answer: Get a more complete shipping report

    • @thedarknight5714
      @thedarknight5714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Exactly. What kind of cargo manager (or whatever he was since I and most people forgot) doesn't know what cargo he's responsible for? Amateur problem. A riddle based on stupidity can only yield a simple answer.

    • @dimaignatiev6370
      @dimaignatiev6370 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      and never resort to only one copy...

    • @washyourhands
      @washyourhands 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      or ya know... look at the fish

    • @ralphnortham1314
      @ralphnortham1314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      FennXFox show me the carfax

    • @69op2gg1005ify0m
      @69op2gg1005ify0m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm sure he said that the shipping report was torn in the storm...

  • @hi86065
    @hi86065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    Oh this is easy. "The sub only has enough fuel for a trip to the ocean floor"..........that means the sub isn't coming back....BOOMMMM

    • @pestcontrol7823
      @pestcontrol7823 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi86065 *xD*

    • @eggyrepublic
      @eggyrepublic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hi86065 no fuel is needed to decend, only ascend, he should have said it only can make one trip

    • @derekf512
      @derekf512 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi86065 😂😂 u smart man (*_*)

    • @jaisonparker4992
      @jaisonparker4992 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't even ask this though dumb ass

  • @1nkFalcon
    @1nkFalcon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2342

    If there are no extra organisms, then what do the sharks feed on.

    • @stephendonovan9084
      @stephendonovan9084 6 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      If there's only enough fuel for one trip, how do we search three areas?

    • @LordRetro-zh7er
      @LordRetro-zh7er 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      EpicGamer425 the poor unfortunate people who were cursed to pass that area and crash

    • @methyllithium323
      @methyllithium323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      you see why the sharks were starving and need to eat the endangered fish?

    • @LordRetro-zh7er
      @LordRetro-zh7er 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Wait, does this mean
      Shark cannibalism

    • @mandy2917
      @mandy2917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly like plankton and other stuff

  • @riyakore3565
    @riyakore3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1619

    The first riddle that I solved on my own!! Can't be prouder

    • @sjfrench8034
      @sjfrench8034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Bro me too! If you need me I'll be hanging out wherever all the geniuses go

    • @sushmita4713
      @sushmita4713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Ya finally understood why we need algebra in life.

    • @lisahenry20
      @lisahenry20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Well done! To you and everyone else who solved it

    • @equuleusp3150
      @equuleusp3150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      same :))

    • @liltaco2985
      @liltaco2985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same. Well not first but got it

  • @Puggo77
    @Puggo77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1669

    Simple answer: no, I'm too dumb

    • @loocie4636
      @loocie4636 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      •:Puggii:• you edited

    • @Puggo77
      @Puggo77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      -Lucy- -He- I know I edited
      That's kind of obvious

    • @Puggo77
      @Puggo77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AlzarCat what? What who said?

    • @brooks1052
      @brooks1052 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      •:Puggii:• I

    • @faizanm1563
      @faizanm1563 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      •:Puggii:• u just need to organize the problem there isnt a lot of logic involved

  • @Suzduko667
    @Suzduko667 6 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Then, upon returning to port, berate the people responsible for loading the cargo for not making sure the almost extinct fish were so thoroughly secured that it would take Milo Murphy's impossibly horrible luck for this to happen.

  • @kevinshah8656
    @kevinshah8656 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2240

    I love the riddle videos but I never actually pause and try it myself. xD

    • @viorp6982
      @viorp6982 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I do, and I fail.

    • @lightninghoodie9408
      @lightninghoodie9408 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me to lol

    • @OSRS_KQs
      @OSRS_KQs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I pause. I used to find the answer. I even found 2 answers for the poison cave riddle within a minute or 2. Now I usually just work out HOW to get the answer and then leave the boring table making or number crunching to the video. I don't have time to force check petty riddles. I love the puzzles, however. =)

    • @fannubannu25
      @fannubannu25 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kevin Shah actually got it right this time! :D ( but it was in 5 mins so the fish are all dead oops )

    • @emilyl3358
      @emilyl3358 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kevin Shah I SOLVED IT I GOT 21 FISH IN SECTOR GAMMA
      IN SECTOR ONE THERES 4 TANKS AND SECTOR TWO THERES TWO TANKS, ADD THEM TOGETHER TO GET 6 TANKS, THERE ARE ALSO 6 SHARKS IN TOTAL. THERE IS IN TOTAL 1-13 TANKS ON THE SHIP. 6+7=13 AND 13•3=39 FISHES, 39 FISHES +6 SHARKS = 45 CREATURES, 45+5= 50 CREATURES IN TOTAL, SO 7•3= 21 FISHESSSSSSSS
      PS. TOOK ME LIKE HALF AN HOUR

  • @fal4thought
    @fal4thought 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    "Not one can be lost"
    German in the green house: Hehehe.

  • @2k7Bertram
    @2k7Bertram 7 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Them: "Your sonar has malfunctioned...."
    Me: "And I thought this couldn't get any worst"

  • @1manApocalypse_CP
    @1manApocalypse_CP 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

    Couldn't you just . . . count the fish in one of the tanks you picked up?

    • @x6568tank
      @x6568tank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      All the tanks have the same number of fiah so you'd be able to find how many sharks there are in total.

    • @shelan7058
      @shelan7058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know right?

    • @lazarhrebeljanovic1389
      @lazarhrebeljanovic1389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      But you have enough fuel for only one dive.

    • @ultimateunclegene7428
      @ultimateunclegene7428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Killshot SRB count in the water

    • @troller7779
      @troller7779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ultimateunclegene7428
      You can't count in the water
      You have to open the seal and the fishies will escape...

  • @KR3WN30N
    @KR3WN30N 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1479

    The horse's name was Friday

    • @Tort3rra
      @Tort3rra 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ralph Giron now i get it!

    • @Ravenroxy
      @Ravenroxy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ralph Giron ohhhhhh

    • @maxie1199
      @maxie1199 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Knew it

    • @altairyoshimitsu9066
      @altairyoshimitsu9066 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you da real MVP

    • @GreatJobTy
      @GreatJobTy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      IF YOU want to be a better person,if you're looking for confidence, advantage, meaning in life, whatever it is you want I make videos on it. *Come watch my videos* . They're videos are easy to grasp, you just gotta come to the channel!

  • @rage_2000
    @rage_2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    *Narrator:* Hurry, the fate of an entire species depends on you
    *Me:* _[Pauses the video]_

  • @hadierturk4693
    @hadierturk4693 7 ปีที่แล้ว +885

    This is more of a math problem than a riddle. I just guessed the number of sharks until all the conditions were met

    • @CiorbaAnimation
      @CiorbaAnimation 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I didn't think of something so simple as the number of fish in tanks divided by the number of thanks should be a natural number.I complicated this riddle so much.Firstly i made some math getting the equation and then playing with the minimum and maximum of that equation as well as the minimum and maximum of the sharks and number of tanks i got that the number of fishes inside a tank should be between 2 and 8,then I made a C++ program to verify the information and give me the number of sharks,number of tanks and number of fish inside a tank for every combination that gives the sum 50 and i got 5 results,2 of which had 2 sharks in sector gamma,other 2 had 4 sharks,but we know that there can't be the same number of sharks as in the other sector so only remaining result was correct:5 sharks and 7 tanks of fishes in sector gamma,each tank of fish having 3 fishes

    • @BodhiGeraci
      @BodhiGeraci 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Jesus dude

    • @Lashnakh
      @Lashnakh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah. I tried tanks with 5 fish blindly, adding up the first 2 sectors and seeing whats needed to reach 50 organisms in the last sector. They don't divide cleanly and you end up needing there to be 4 sharks in gamma when that's not possible. Same with 4 fish per tank, it needs 2 sharks in gamma to add up to 50. 2 fish per tank means too many tanks overall to fit 50, so it ends up being 3 fish per tank as a solution, mostly by elimination.
      I guess a table works too but that seems more complicated somehow.

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't it be both?

    • @dinanhafizh1433
      @dinanhafizh1433 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CiorbaAnimation wait whaaaaatt?
      Did you really made an app/program only to solve the riddle?

  • @God8-O
    @God8-O 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2443

    That's a not riddle that's a math problem.

    • @TasX
      @TasX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      If you think about it, math is just a systemic way to solve riddles

    • @hijabnaqvi4432
      @hijabnaqvi4432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Radi Bear You mean....use meth?

    • @breathing9127
      @breathing9127 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +marxxmann Mr Bing

    • @SYSTEM__32
      @SYSTEM__32 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      God :-O Definitely requires some basic math skills to figure out. But it's oddly still a riddle.
      Riddle: A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.

    • @HerosBane2854
      @HerosBane2854 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I was expecting for there to be some kind of word play or trick way of solving the riddle. I could have worked out the math if I had wanted to, but I thought there'd be something more clever

  • @hymnsoncheung1681
    @hymnsoncheung1681 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Why do I watch watch riddles?
    1.Can strengthen my English listening skill.
    2. Can blow my mind.
    3.Can laugh at funny comments.

    • @thomassteward9382
      @thomassteward9382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hydrogenn 😂

    • @pseudolemon8272
      @pseudolemon8272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hymnson Cheung it's funny because the riddles are simple as fuck but I don't want to waste 10 minutes analyzying the possibilities to give them an answer

    • @pamsinclair2634
      @pamsinclair2634 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hymnson Cheung I

  • @miguelm4991
    @miguelm4991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It seems a lot of people overcomplicated this. The first thing I did was 50-6 = 44, the value of the fish in the tanks and the sharks in gamma sector. Now all I had to do was find a number that multiplied with 7,8,9,10,11,12, or 13 equaled an odd number less than 44, or equaled 38 (since the value of the sharks in gamma sector must be odd, with the exception of 6 sharks). I know instinctively 8, 10, 12 cannot be odd, and 7*6=42, 11*4=44. That leaves 13*3=39, with 5 sharks, 13-6=7 tanks in gamma sector, and 3 fish per tank. It made more sense in my head, but yeah.

  • @demitreburger707
    @demitreburger707 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:54 What kind of fucking ocean has these magical properties!?

  • @Allison-zp5ch
    @Allison-zp5ch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    This isn't my problem I'm just in bed watching on my phone

  • @clayel1
    @clayel1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Short answer: you get fired, return home as a laughingstock, and remain forever sad.
    Long answer: watch this video

  • @purplebunn
    @purplebunn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When he said "hurry the fate of an entire species depends on you" was when I realized I'd zoned out and hadn't heard the riddle

  • @yummyos
    @yummyos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Don't you hate it when TED-Ed tricks you into learning with a riddle.

    • @jagrubster
      @jagrubster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OrangeSlush How can Ted-Ed trick you into learning? It's got "Ed" right there in the name what did you expect

    • @miu__m
      @miu__m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pheobe Owusu I mean I thought Ed was just a name not an abbreviation for "Education" at first

    • @markcross2304
      @markcross2304 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pheobe Owusu a guy named ed?

    • @iminni3459
      @iminni3459 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Cross Short for Edward.

    • @AniketBhatP
      @AniketBhatP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What exactly did you learn from this? Basic math? Lol..

  • @twistedstrength.
    @twistedstrength. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +668

    "Thermal imaging shows 50 organisms in the area". Sharks are cold blooded so their body temperature would be the same as the ocean water surrounding them. They would not show up on that scan.

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      thetwistedstrength but heat propagates slower through the sharks

    • @cinnakincat4260
      @cinnakincat4260 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Through that logic, neither would the fish.

    • @twistedstrength.
      @twistedstrength. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      MEG G Fair enough

    • @Tyler-lx2df
      @Tyler-lx2df 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ITS JUST A RIDDLE

    • @icedragon7908
      @icedragon7908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Ok, paragraph long rant on biology incoming:
      Cold blooded doesn't mean that the blood in the shark is as cold as the water around it. Cold & warm blooded refers to whether or not that animal's body can regulate its internal temperature on its own. Lizards, for example, need to sunbathe because without it, their bodies don't generate enough warmth to function properly. This doesn't mean that lizards are the same temperature as their surroundings- the process of chemical reactions producing the energy needed for the cold-blooded creature to survive does produce heat, just not enough to keep the temperature that said chemical reactions need to continue the way they should. That said, if you're sure the sharks are the same temperature as their surroundings and are still moving, then that sounds like a code B-movie: zombie sharks (not to be confused with code Bee Movie). In that case, I'm done. Forget the fish, forget biology, I'M DONE, AND I AM FREAKING LEAVING!

  • @dannyha7255
    @dannyha7255 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Not even gonna bother remembering the question after all that stuff thrown at me.

    • @NJA2k8
      @NJA2k8 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The pause screen is all you needed lmao

    • @campr1198
      @campr1198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      NJA2k8 The pause screen doesn't have the question. So no, it doesn't have all you need

    • @Fearofthemonster
      @Fearofthemonster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pause screen should have the question. I was puzzled at first. I was like, what was I supposed to figure out?

    • @missionpupa
      @missionpupa 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why you use a godamnit table

    • @mrvaldemar66
      @mrvaldemar66 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i agree, they could have worded this video a bit better

  • @sev1011
    @sev1011 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The answer was much simplier than the work I've done to solve the riddle. The method I used, after organizing the possible number of tanks(13 or less), fish(5 or less), and sharks(1, 3 5, 6, or 7), was to go from the maximum possible combination and go down from there. Midway through 7 tanks and 5 fish, I discovered three points that help sped up the process.
    1: Alpha and Beta values of fish/sharks are always the same for the certain Tank and Fish Combo
    2: When there are less tanks, the of organisms in Gamma are lower compared to tanks+1, and the data doesn't repeat numbers(rarely atleast).
    3. Because of the pattern, symmetry with any other number of tanks helps eliminate any future values. As discovered when I did 9 tanks with 4 fish(meaning A=18 and B=12, with the equation (S)harks+((T)anks×(F)ish)), and saw that the maximum number for Gamma was 19, which couldn't add up to 50 organisms, nor will it ever for future values with less tanks.
    Finally I reached 13 Tanks and 3 Fish, with A=14 and B=10, and found that Gamma can possibly have 26 organisms(7 Tanks with 3 Fish, and 5 sharks), which would add up to 50. And too double check I did 12 tanks with 3 fish and discover the maximum value is 25, proving that 13 tanks with 3 fish was the maximum possibility, and giving me 7 Tanks in Gamma(Each with 3 Fish, plus 5 Sharks swimming around!)

  • @JoshWomble
    @JoshWomble 7 ปีที่แล้ว +556

    I just watch these for the animations, I never try and solve the riddles 😂

    • @adiank1247
      @adiank1247 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Josh Womble So true lol

    • @SteppingStone445
      @SteppingStone445 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Josh Womble i start off thinking im gonna do it but then I get lost lol

    • @elijah-he975
      @elijah-he975 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Josh Womble I think 50% of the ones in here solve it or at least try to solve it and the other 50% just watch it without even trying.

    • @JulianKlimczyk
      @JulianKlimczyk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Josh Womble same

  • @Ivcota
    @Ivcota 7 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    Why is the dude from Pink Panther in this video?

    • @Theraot
      @Theraot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Messing with Endangered Spieces...
      Pink Panther...
      Makes sense

    • @mambodog5322
      @mambodog5322 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      except he turned yellow.

    • @iMaChkN
      @iMaChkN 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ivcota perhaps he got fired and got a new job?

    • @bread-guy001
      @bread-guy001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ivcota IKR!!!

    • @frogsaregood4183
      @frogsaregood4183 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the heck is the pink panther?

  • @hermionegranger-hd9er
    @hermionegranger-hd9er 7 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Me before video: another riddle yay!
    Me after video: huh?

  • @gavinandal4611
    @gavinandal4611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    “Your sonar malfunctioned”
    Me: Yah, more like exploded

  • @dreamscapeai7
    @dreamscapeai7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    You know what's rare........ Ted ed riddles.

    • @Gilgameshh
      @Gilgameshh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You know what's even more rare? Ted ed riddles that don't require you to sit down with a pad and a pen for at least 20 minutes before coming near to a conclusion. Riddles should be fun and have relatively easy math problems so you can solve it in your mind.

    • @gianreyes3762
      @gianreyes3762 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      niga, i solved this with my mind lol

    • @Gilgameshh
      @Gilgameshh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I stopped watching this video just 50 seconds in so perhaps this might be one of the more rare riddles Ted ed makes but majority of their riddles are just ridiculous.

    • @gianreyes3762
      @gianreyes3762 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're not really 'riddles,' per se. I suppose it's a fault on their side for calling them riddles, but it's just their way to make things more interesting as the so-called riddles are just ways to educate the viewer about different problem-solving methods. If you really don't like it, maybe you should try not to expect a proper riddle, so you won't be disappointed :))

    • @jinglemich4941
      @jinglemich4941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ladder Part of the solving problem with Ted ed videos is being able to skip over all the mushy unimportant stuff in the begining, and pick out the important information.

  • @Intradiction
    @Intradiction 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    And then your ship gets sucked into the whirlpool on the map at 0:22, drowning the entire crew and releasing the fish containers, and eventually the sharks eat all the rare species of fish, leaving humanity with no cure for the rare disease that will spread across the world 10 years into the future.

    • @brasilballsinternational2477
      @brasilballsinternational2477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      How can you escape the whirlpool and save the world? *The Whirlpool Riddle*

    • @empresselilyho8425
      @empresselilyho8425 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOLOL that's cool

    • @rydemk4168
      @rydemk4168 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FlowerFox Gaming are you suicidal?

    • @cyrnisu
      @cyrnisu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      |Innovation| .

  • @rosstheboss3747
    @rosstheboss3747 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1547

    One of the few riddles I solved.

  • @Hoologramek
    @Hoologramek ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now imagine you're piloting this submarine with an Xbox controller...

    • @Ellie-ic9kl
      @Ellie-ic9kl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I sorted by new just for this comment. 😂

  • @elainejiang7998
    @elainejiang7998 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    This is like math class all over again

    • @ryanvick2480
      @ryanvick2480 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      but I think this is better then math class cuz your not being controlled by a teacher.

    • @EverythingCreARTy
      @EverythingCreARTy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      APPLE PIE ikr

  • @olmomiau
    @olmomiau 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Plot twist: the fish are actually baby sharks

  • @James8hg
    @James8hg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    Or you could just fix the radar machine

    • @yeyoremix
      @yeyoremix 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      James 8hg The tanks can't stand the pressure much longer, so no time no fix that shit.

    • @hotweeaboo3475
      @hotweeaboo3475 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Diego Velez but u have enough time to make a long as chart and do math in your head?

    • @CaesarTheGreatGaming-Julius-
      @CaesarTheGreatGaming-Julius- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      faster than fixing a radar :/

    • @tifef8925
      @tifef8925 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hot Weeaboo it depends how good you are at math

    • @APerson-pd6ws
      @APerson-pd6ws 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gryffindor girl 1+ 1 = 2 :D

  • @MathAdam
    @MathAdam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love how realistic these scenarios are

  • @jianlofi
    @jianlofi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    *Video Starts* You are the Cargo Director.
    Me: No I'm Not!

    • @felixlee9645
      @felixlee9645 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice to meet you not, I'm dad!

    • @PuzzleAdda
      @PuzzleAdda 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are 10 Fish in a tank, out of which 2 have drown, 4 have swim away and 3 have died.
      How many are left?
      th-cam.com/video/CRioezZyRK8/w-d-xo.html

  • @justderp5713
    @justderp5713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Storm should have been predicted ahead of time by meteorologists if these fish are THAT important... seriously

  • @benjaminwikoff2826
    @benjaminwikoff2826 7 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Easy, you only need to find one male fish and one female fish, they do the do and you can be on your way.

    • @asd6484
      @asd6484 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Species still goes extinct cause that's not how repopulation works.

    • @supercomputer5607
      @supercomputer5607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And then the entire species is inbred to the point of sterility in a couple of generations. Congratulations.

    • @derekf512
      @derekf512 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sooper Compooter well than how tf did we come from Adam and Eve

    • @dawsongranger4940
      @dawsongranger4940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      iDerek Plays Adam and Eve is fake.

    • @joshmchenry3049
      @joshmchenry3049 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dawson Granger even through evolution, there has to be incest

  • @jamespotter1436
    @jamespotter1436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:04
    Microbes: are we jokes to u?

  • @tedcruz8549
    @tedcruz8549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    This is not a riddle - this is Algebra. Go ahead and solve it anyway, because this is the only time you will ever use Algebra outside of school.

    • @aka5
      @aka5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Pragmatic Patriot unless you go on to do something intellectual...

    • @ganondorfchampin
      @ganondorfchampin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      This isn't algebra, it's number theory. Also, you're an utter moron because in most skilled jobs algebra is used ALL the time.

    • @cmlds
      @cmlds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Algebra is not important only for mathematicians or scientists... It helps us to exercise our logical thinking, which can be pretty useful to solve our daily problems.

    • @tedcruz8549
      @tedcruz8549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ganondorfchampin Do you have to be such a self-righteous prig?

    • @tedcruz8549
      @tedcruz8549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Camila dos Santos I agree.

  • @Josh-jb5cd
    @Josh-jb5cd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Who's subed mostly for the riddles??
    **Even tho you/we can't solve most of them...**

  • @justafranz
    @justafranz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "the sonar has malfunctioned"
    *blows up*

  • @muslimabumuslimow5654
    @muslimabumuslimow5654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I approached this problem, a little bit different. Because of the rule : each sector has different amount of sharks, I thought this way: if we subtract from 50 the amount of 🦈 it should result in a non-prime number, because if it's a prime number ( like 43 for example) we can't divide the amount of fish equally.
    After we eliminate all possible prime numbers, we see that in sector Y there are 5 or 6 sharks. If it's 5 , then we have 39 fish and 38 for 6 sharks. From here it's easy to see that the only number which can be divided by (1-13) is 39 with 13 tanks. So 39/13 gives us 3 fish in each tank.

  • @Marie-sh6zm
    @Marie-sh6zm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    I'm so happy this is the first time i can solve the problem here without cheating hahahaha 😂😂😂😂 kinda proud and happy hehe

    • @standavidson7006
      @standavidson7006 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Marie yea same :)

    • @ariannapeezweezle6530
      @ariannapeezweezle6530 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The only other one I managed wasn't that hard. And this one took half an hour for me...

    • @futurez14
      @futurez14 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too, this one was quite easy since you remember the question, which is kindly not mentioned on the "pause here if you wanna solve it" slide :D

    • @sasakavardhanam5474
      @sasakavardhanam5474 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marie What do you mean by first time?

    • @knucklescapricorn31
      @knucklescapricorn31 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got it too! High-5! XD

  • @blubbr5768
    @blubbr5768 7 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Who else doesnt pause and try to solve the riddle?

  • @obscurity6558
    @obscurity6558 7 ปีที่แล้ว +944

    Can I solve the fish riddle? I dunno, seems fishy.
    I'm sorry, that was so BASSic

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😒

    • @deepred9336
      @deepred9336 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I sea what you did there.

    • @DAChristopherGaw
      @DAChristopherGaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      fuck i was about to use this but you FISHed out my idea (sry for giving y'all cancer)

    • @lauzhenzhoa
      @lauzhenzhoa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Obscure History Water you guys taking about? Oh whale,I might as whale just follow the flow

    • @oscarbarnett4873
      @oscarbarnett4873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Damn it, I was a-boat to make that joke

  • @jessicaexe-gc1gf
    @jessicaexe-gc1gf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Hurry, the fate of an entire species depends on you."
    The Honeybee Riddle:

  • @kayvonrad3044
    @kayvonrad3044 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Answer: call for another submarine or backup

  • @TheKelliestKelly
    @TheKelliestKelly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I finally solved one of these! It feels good. And my logic was mostly the same as was displayed in the video. It didn't occur to me to set my information up in a table. But had I used the table (especially since I don't have any graph paper handy) it would have taken me just as long to prepare the table as opposed to keeping the numbers straight in my head. And I definitely reached the correct answer quicker than a table would have provided but I was making sure there were no other possibilities.
    Haha, not that anyone else cares. I'm still proud of myself tho

  • @UltraNoahRoblox
    @UltraNoahRoblox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Who else watches the video just for the cute cartoon?

    • @hot-cocoa1032
      @hot-cocoa1032 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ultranoahroblox - Roblox & AJ Videos! Me!!!

  • @nikhilgarg9618
    @nikhilgarg9618 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me: Collects half the fish and hope they breed well.

  • @herrxerex8484
    @herrxerex8484 7 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Waited so long for this , like for more riddles

    • @dez5232
      @dez5232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #MoreRiddles

  • @evelynfarfellwooosh1219
    @evelynfarfellwooosh1219 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Who the fuck doesn't check the cargo

  • @_dr_ake
    @_dr_ake 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I solved your riddle but I'm not saving the fish. I'm sailing this ship to China, can you imagine how much they'd pay to eat something this rare?

    • @dan-gy4vu
      @dan-gy4vu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the fish can be poisonous though, or not safe for consumption.

    • @PikaPluff
      @PikaPluff 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You know what i’ll do? i would pretend i only retrieved one tank, so the price of the fishes in there will surge up. Sell the rest on the black market.
      Jk

    • @dan-gy4vu
      @dan-gy4vu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PikaPluff2040 now THAT is smart. you earned a star 🌟

    • @cmhan1997
      @cmhan1997 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PikaPluff2040 but the fishes will die or can reproduce either way puts them at extremely high depriciation or loss of value really quickly

    • @floriath
      @floriath 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      you brute! they would eat them alive. 😢

  • @joyshi6952
    @joyshi6952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    years after years I have attempted and failed to solve a TED-Ed riddle, but today I'm glad to say that's finally changed (ok I may have used trial and error but nOt tHe pOiNt cuz I still got the right answer heh)

    • @undergroundmonorail
      @undergroundmonorail 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      nothing wrong with a little trial and error if it saves a whole species of fish

  • @mr_easy
    @mr_easy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I solved a ted riddle for the first time.!! Yeah!!!

  • @julialagrone589
    @julialagrone589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    God damn it I’m a hungry shark

    • @SpeedyCheetahCub
      @SpeedyCheetahCub 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This made my day! Thanks for the amazing laugh!

    • @dunnoreally1060
      @dunnoreally1060 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No you're a smol introverted bean

    • @SpeedyCheetahCub
      @SpeedyCheetahCub 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL!

    • @oracle372
      @oracle372 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hungry hungry Hippo your a hungry hippo

    • @unicorncupcakies
      @unicorncupcakies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought you were a hungry hungry hippo.

  • @tyanajackson6156
    @tyanajackson6156 7 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    I thought this was a riddle not a math problem

    • @TasX
      @TasX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Scientific Machine No, but riddles can always be modeled as math problems

    • @Mr.Indigo26
      @Mr.Indigo26 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Riddle: A Question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.Its riddle with a basic math problem dummies

    • @LWLProductions
      @LWLProductions 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im Aztify Basic my ass, there's a lot of variables in this

  • @peppygrowlithe
    @peppygrowlithe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I ended up solving this one by basically creating a math formula, where x is the fish in each tank, y is the number of tanks in Gamma, and z is the number of sharks in gamma, so 6x + yx = 44 - z, and just kind of going from there.
    If I'm ever transporting endangered fish through stormy, shark-infested waters I'll know exactly what to do. And they say algebra doesn't help in real life!

  • @danl2213
    @danl2213 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I got 7 tanks in gamma, 3 fish in each tank, 5 sharks in gamma. This is how I solved it:
    I used this equation: 2 + 4x + 4 + 2x + S + xT = 50 where x = number of fish per tank, T = tanks in gamma, S = sharks, and 2 and 4 are the known sharks. Next I combined like terms: 6x + S + xT = 44. Then, I guessed and checked solving for the number of sharks. I found this combination using the second equation: 6(3) + S + (7)(3) = 44 --> 39 + S = 44 --> S = 5.
    Put it all together: 2 + 4(3) + 4 + 2(3) + (5) + (7)(3) = 50.

    • @kaitlynn6797
      @kaitlynn6797 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Dan knickerbocker I gave up after the first sentence.

    • @dseer13
      @dseer13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      youre wrong

    • @naomishen5974
      @naomishen5974 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dan got the same result as I did. Guess you didn't finish the whole video eh? I'm Asian by the way, you can trust my math solving skills. (Self-deprecating xD

    • @lilyvingdead
      @lilyvingdead 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Dan knickerbocker!

    • @Whitsoxrule1
      @Whitsoxrule1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Clever to use an equation, but in the end guess and checking the result is essentially the same as using a table, which is faster and more organized

  • @MattJasa
    @MattJasa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Thats today's leadership, the old captain pushing the responsibilities onto the cargo director because the captain can't manage his ship and sails it through shark infested stormy waters. You got us here captain help get us out!

    • @nouration9685
      @nouration9685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that's true, if he knows that place too well, that he knows the numbers of sharks in each sector is different and they're between 1 and 7, WHY DID HE EVEN DRIVE THROUGH THIS PART

  • @lincolnpaogofie1092
    @lincolnpaogofie1092 7 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Actually, sharks are classified as fish so the answer should be 50

    • @phiggy
      @phiggy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      your pretty fun at parties huh?

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *you're

    • @Tyler-lx2df
      @Tyler-lx2df 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NAhhh Sharks are Dolphins and Dolphins or fish.. so... YEAH

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No, sharks are fish, whereas dolphins are mammals

    • @加州猫主席
      @加州猫主席 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sizzzel
      Every time I hear that phrase, I feel the urge to slowly poke a sharp object through my chest.

  • @twinkiebeyond
    @twinkiebeyond ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don’t trust any submarines, anymore.

  • @bryanhill9714
    @bryanhill9714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Any other nerd here actually do the math and get 7 tanks as your answer and then were super confused as to why the answer was three fish? Why you ask how many tanks do you need to find and then your answer is how many fish there are in each tank?!?

    • @netrunningnow
      @netrunningnow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      2:15 How many fish tanks in sector gamma?
      So the answer is 7, but I suppose it's obvious once you know there are definitely 13 tanks.

  • @TowardsM
    @TowardsM 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yep finally i solved a riddle.
    took me about 20 min though, probably the fishs would dead by then.

  • @charlesbrownjr5618
    @charlesbrownjr5618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Video: the entire species depends on u
    Me: well, there's other fish in the sea
    *badum Cha*

  • @LevelUpLeo
    @LevelUpLeo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Woo! I solved this one! I didn't get this exactly how they showed it, but I basically got it. What I did was calculate the number of fish that were left with the number of sharks possible (50 - Sharks possible in other words) , and eliminating the prime number results (43, 41 and 37), leaving only 38 and 39. 39 is divisible by 13, but 38 was not divisible by any WHOLE number between 6 and 13, the minimum and maximum number of tanks respectively.

  • @awayville
    @awayville 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The first time I actually managed to solve one of these riddles

  • @ForteGX
    @ForteGX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is one of the easier riddles. A table isn't really needed. After realizing there are 1,3,5,6, or 7 sharks and subtracting them from 50, you can quickly filter out 43,41, and 37 because they are prime numbers. The two remaining 38,39 have easy prime factorization being 2x19 and 3x13 respectively. Obviously, it can't be 2x19. The key things to solving this is realizing the number of sharks possible and knowing that the fish have to be equally distributed.

    • @imasepan
      @imasepan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ForteGX you actually don't have to know they are prime numbers, as long as you know that out of the remaining numbers one of them has to be divisible by at least 6 to 13.
      43-cannot be divided by any number between 6 to 13.
      41-cannot be divided by any number between 6 to 13.
      38-can be divided by 2, but
      2×6 (existing fish tanks)=12
      2×7 (remaining fish tanks)=14
      add to that the sharks you estimated (6)
      and then the sharks we DO have (6)
      12+14+12=38
      so even with the highest value of tanks left we're missing organisms. False.
      39-can be divided by 13 and 3.
      3×6=18 (existing fish tanks)
      remaining tanks are 7.
      21(remaining fish)+5(remaining sharks)+6(actual sharks)+18(actual fish)=50

    • @imasepan
      @imasepan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not saying my way is easier, but it is a solution that doesn't need you to have knowledge of what a prime number does-ergo, it is a solution for younger children. (although the method I gave is pretty much identical to yours-but aren't all solving methods the same?)

    • @ForteGX
      @ForteGX 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, hence why I simplified my solution to the realizing the number of sharks possible and applying that the fish have to be factorable. The prime numbers are just the quickest way for me to look at that. You do the same thing by saying 43 can't be divided by 6 to 13, but as a prime number that is obvious. Not as kid friendly, but maybe it would be worth teaching children about prime numbers =D

    • @ForteGX
      @ForteGX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean compared to some other of the riddles that are posted on this channel, this is on the innocuous side. Its bark is definitely worse than its bite if you are willing to take out a pencil and paper. There aren't any tricks and it doesn't involve difficult reasoning. The explanation is just long winded to distract and discourage you.

    • @dayman4753
      @dayman4753 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ForteGX I followed the same line of logic with the elimination of primes. Also, this is simple enough that paper isn't required.

  • @KirbsCXT
    @KirbsCXT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Please god tell me no one actually paused it and made a table...

    • @heesingsia4634
      @heesingsia4634 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Avi Michel I did pause the video. But all I made was some instant ramen before unpausing to get the answer

    • @cheat200
      @cheat200 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I made a table, not as complicated as the one on-screen though.

    • @sammcelhannon2807
      @sammcelhannon2807 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Paused it, didn't make a table though, I'm not that organized. You can solve it without one though, I just went and plugged in the numbers over and over again until I found one that fit and hoped for the best.

    • @HAHA4625
      @HAHA4625 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, the table makes it clearer and faster but you can just punch numbers into the equation until you get it.

    • @tauronmitronion377
      @tauronmitronion377 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I didn't make a table, I did some algebra on it and eliminated some possible numbers for sharks. If there are 6 sharks already accounted for, then we have 44 organisms left. Once we take out the sharks in sector gamma, the only remaining organisms are the fish, which are evenly distributed across the tanks. Any number of sharks resulting in a prime number of fish is therefore impossible. After that, it was just a few trials and errors.

  • @Niiue
    @Niiue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    1:31
    *that doesn’t look like a malfunction*

  • @peterp.wanabe9299
    @peterp.wanabe9299 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Your graphic is a bit misleading. By labeling each column Tank 6, Tank 7, Tank 8 and so forth it looks like each column is an individual tank and not the possible total number of tanks. This whole section should just be labeled "Possible number of tanks" and then the head of each column have just one of the numbers from 6 - 13. Very good puzzle, by the way!!!

  • @LegendDuoKeeper7
    @LegendDuoKeeper7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Finally solved a riddle myself, sadly I didn't use a table because I thought there would be too many details for one, so I just wrote out logic to find the solution. Now I see how taking the time to organize a table would have made it so much easier.

  • @TheServantOfTheOne
    @TheServantOfTheOne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I solved it in my head, who needs a damn table

    • @gito4066
      @gito4066 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      STILL MAKING IT GREAT AGAIN me

    • @cmlds
      @cmlds 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did. I could probably do it in my head too, it just would take a little longer...

    • @ChamberlainCody
      @ChamberlainCody 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      STILL MAKING IT GREAT AGAIN same lol 😂

    • @ChamberlainCody
      @ChamberlainCody 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The sad part is it would have been way easier with table I was just to dumb/lazy to do that lol

    • @dahyun9099
      @dahyun9099 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same XD

  • @joshuawilmot7468
    @joshuawilmot7468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Drawing the table takes unnecessary extra time, especially if pencil and paper aren't available (seems nothing works right on this vessel, so why expect the pencils to be sharpened?). The riddle is easily solvable in one's head:
    1. Subtract the number of known sharks from the total number of organisms: 50-6=44
    2. Subtract possible number of Gamma Sector sharks from 44 to "guess and check" for a number that can be evenly divided... 1 shark, 43 is prime; 3 sharks, 41 is prime; 5 sharks, 39 is a bingo.
    3. Double-check your work with the time you saved not searching for pen and paper.

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm gonna do something I've never done before
    I'm going to pause this video and try to solve the riddle
    (Hell yes I got it CORRECT) (using trial error)
    (Edit) Solving this gave me confidence so I went ahead and solved 3 more TED Ed riddles correctly... I'm in love with these riddles.

  • @catrinatran547
    @catrinatran547 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    OMG I SOLVED IT, IM SO HAPPY BECAUSE IVE NEVER SOLVED ANY OF THESE RIDDLES BEFORE ❤
    Edit: I've never had this many likes before , THANKS SO MUCH ! And yes I didn't say the answer because I know people like to look in the comments so I didn't want to spoil anything

    • @skullmanflyguy
      @skullmanflyguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Catrina Tran SAME LOL

    • @NewTraderYoutube
      @NewTraderYoutube 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol you don't even say the answer

    • @XavierGMusic
      @XavierGMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New Trader Because maybe she wants people to solve it themselves.

    • @juliavanderkris5156
      @juliavanderkris5156 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      New Trader The answer is in the video. What extra proof would it give to comment the answer here? Also, spoilers.

    • @APerson-pd6ws
      @APerson-pd6ws 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheDarKnight 57 ikr

  • @McBehrer
    @McBehrer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was actually really easy. I just used trial and error, until I figured out that there have to be 5 sharks, which leaves 39 fish. This is divisible by 13, for 3 in each.

  • @tracydu8052
    @tracydu8052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes
    Step 2: Tell the fish to come back