Thanks Yann. I know the puzzles you were talking about before, using Fibonnacci numbers. I prefer this version, but that's just my opinion (it would be a way to teach Fibonnaci and the golden ratio).

Thanks. I was pleased with my transparent grid bit.

I don't how I couldn't see this before, even in that triangle puzzle, but here. Have my subscription. Thank you for that, I can live happily ever after.

I've been using this puzzle for while and it always gets good response. Wonderful explanation! Couldn't remember if I did a video on it or not.... Thanks for the shout-out.....

I know this guy from numberphile.

@lucitfler58

7 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Lehman i think numberphile is the cameraman and this guy is a mathematician.

@Sednas

6 жыл бұрын

Lucitfler that is correct

@Nylspider

6 жыл бұрын

PowerFlammeX yep! ( Yep factorial)

I knew it, every time the size just didn't fit

You solved my biggest mystery. Thanks!

I saw this on QI and did not understand, but now it makes sense thanks to the 1/7 part!

I've seen this before but never knew what's up. thanks this video explained it.

I saw the "How to Eat Chocolate Indefinitely" gif on Tumblr and it used this trick. I must've watched it for 10 minutes trying to figure it out. Thanks for explaining!

It is. The gradient of the slope is 2/7. The blue piece is 3 units wide, so the gap you see when I put the grid on top is an extra height of 1/7 units.

no Fibonacci sequence?

Nice and clear explanation!

nice! the transparent grid helps a lot! :)

Right after u used the transparency and re-arranged the pieces u realize it more. Nice clever puzzle.

Thankyou. I saw this problem a while back and couldn't quite work out how it worked.

thank you for the explanation

thank you SOOOOOOO much!!!!!

I was right as well @TadaKiba, I knew that the area was like a rectangle more and I knew the area was increased. I just didn't seem to know how it came to be 50 cubic centimeters.

Thank you.

Pre-watch: if you accept the idea that matter can't just spontaneously disappear, then the solution is obvious - it can't be a square anymore Post-watch: I knew it

Thank you

i TOTALLY knew that lol that is so cool!

Thank you :)

I proved the solution to a similar puzzle to my algebra 2 teacher last year

@Complexxx123 They're all parts of trigonometry, the math of triangles. They stand for sine, cosine, and tangent. I forget what they all mean, but they have to do with the hypotenuse and the two other sides of the triangle. For example, one of the sin, cos, or tan might be the hypotenuse, C, over the length of a different side, A, when the triangle is isosceles, C/A, might be the tangent, but I forget what they really are.

The difference is so subtle X')

You are so smart.

You are awesome

WOW!

the extra area gained in height adds up to one square. see the over hang at the bottom

cool trick bro !

Very good, shall I leave it for others to work out?

Genius

ahh i really was wondering how it could happen, still amazing tho, thanks for the awesome video

thanks

@kadahj2 Its 7 for cowboy a and 5 for cowboy B

It would be even better, if the big arrangement was still square. n*n -> (n+dn)*(n+dn)=n*n+1 Is that possible?

wow that one is mindf***ing

can you make a video explaining what sin cos and tan mean when trying to solve a triangle sure i can push the button on the calculator but what do they actually mean???

I'm sure it says this at the end, but I'm writing it anyway. The blue piece has a left side of 6 but a right side of slightly more than 5. The red piece added to the blue piece makes that 7. The yellow piece has a right side of 2, but again, a left side of slightly more than 5. With the pink piece (3) and the green piece (2), it also makes 7. When you swap the two, the entire right side is slightly more than 7 And the entire left side is slightly more then 7 by the same amount. How much more exactly? The green piece has a length of 7 and a height of 2. At the place where the blue and yellow pieces meet, what is the height of the small, similar triangle of length 3? The green piece's ratio of height to length is 2/7. Being 7 in length, it has a height of 14/7 or 2. The smaller similar triangle of length 3 has a height of 3*2/7 or 6/7, meaning that the sides of the blue and yellow pieces are both 5+1/7. The additional 1/7 in height multiplied by the (still 7) length yields 7/7=1=the missing square.

This is great. Because that missing "square". Shows the next object is really close to a square. But is a rectangle. It is suck a slight different tou have to use the grid paper to check. This is the proof of optical illusions. XD. It is such a small difference you HAVE to check.

@fspopshovit no because when cowboy b gives cowboy a 1 cow, A will have 4 cows and B only 1. the answer is A has 7 and B has 5. if B gives 1 cow to A, A has 8 and B has 4(2x4=8) and when a gives B 1 cow they will both have 6

@@ vietnamese love that

rest in peace my friend

you explained it in math, which was right, but in real what we did is changing the pieces and that should make differant space between the pieces so the pieces cant cover another area

bác nào xem hết sẽ nghĩ là rút ruột nhưng nếu nhìn kỹ từ đầu là nó thêm vào. Ngay từ lúc lấy 2 miếng đầu ra khỏi hộp roài mới lấy mấy miếng kế, ngay giữa đoạn đó có sự tiếp nối đoạn cảnh. Nó đã thêm vào 2 miếng đặt tầm giữa. để ý kỹ thì trước khi lấy ra khỏi hộp thì rất đều, nhưng sau đoạn mình nói đấy thì thấy ngay có sự lệch nhau giữa các ô vuông từ miếng thứ 3 và 4. Không phải rút ruột mà là làm hỏng thị hiếu của con người qua chính con mắt của họ...

I was going to say on the last video that the square got bigger but i thought i was wrong so i didnt post, but still really nice puzzle =) gj

@dragson1234 *Nottingham accent.

Thank you for the explantion, my braian is still in contact

@dragson1234 i guess that makes sense. I just thought everyone from there spoke the same.

Wow that’s so cool. I wasn’t sure how it was rectangular at first then the 1/7th added i was lik3 omg so cool then I came and commented

I have made this as my maths project

@spazdaMX5 no your wrong... 5 for a and 7 for b would mean that if b gave 1 for a they would both have 6... cowboy a wanted the double of b

It does have a lot to do with math. Its the way the 1x1 area was "moved" into a another area that wasnt obvious of a 1/7 * 7 area at the bottom. I don't understand when you say it was to do with wizardry?

i told you few second ago on your other video =)

Tức là cái phần thừa ra chính là diện tích của cái ô còn thiếu. Khi cắt ra và sắp xếp khác đi thì ô còn thiếu đó diện tích đc chia đều ra thành cái đường thẳng bé bé đó. Nếu k tin bạn thử cộng chúng lại sẽ ra đc.

con người thật thông minh và bá đạo

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I like him, he's smart.

It may upset you but I have already found it before. Very good.

@U014B

8 жыл бұрын

(#ÒnÓ) I am very upset.

The gif got to Tumblr already? That was quick.

@PencilStudios I meant 7 for a and 5 for b =/ sorry ty for the correction

That's pretty fucking neat. No lie..

@kadahj2 Cowboy A = 7, Cowboy B = 5

Class 👍. Anyone know where I could purchase the puzzle ?

@kadahj2 5 for a and 7 for b?=) gd puzzle!

This is one of my favorite paradoxes. It is a paradox right? James?

@RexNunc

4 жыл бұрын

no paradox as the 1/7th makes up the additional square.

fucking love you SB!

Yay, I was right!

or 1/28th on each side

Parker Square of a puzzle.

could you please link the template you used?

@jonlin1000 how is it a paradox?

when you said the area of the new shape is 50 units squared and that explains the 49 squares and the 1 in the middle, it's still 49 squares including the middle.i don't understand what you were referring to.

@singingbanana 5 and 7?

I thought it was something like that :)

I didn't actually know this puzzle had a solution on youtube.

@kadahj2 The answer: cowboy A =7 cows, cowboy b =5 cows for: 7+1,5-1 = 8,4 8/4 =2 5+1,7-1 = 6,6 therefore Cowboy A = 7, cowboy b =5. That was an easy one

@kadahj2 well after 2 minutes i solved it.piece of cake. cowboy A has 7 cows, cowboy B has 5 cows.cowboy A ask cowboy B for 1 cow so he can have double,7+1=8cows for cowboy A if B gave him a cow and B 5-1that hew gave A=4.8 is double as 4.now if A gave 1 cow to B there would be A 7-1 that he gave B =6 and B 5+1 that he took from A=6

Hey this is one of the guys from numberphile oh well see y'all in 10 years when it gets recommend again

@kadahj2 cowboy a has 7 cows and cowboy b has 5

@kadahj2 is it 3

Saw it originally in a what video?

This annoyed the hell out of me :P

Infinite chocolate!

finaly, i found this fucking missing square

i knew it

Its not stupid. Its not obvious that the space moved somewhere else because the 1/7 x 7 rectangle at the bottom is hard to see and the area of the second puzzle using the same pieces looks like 7x7 -1 instead of 7+1/7x7 -1

I think the 1/7 rectangle can create a square!

Thank you! This puzzle was giving me a headache.

@kadahj2 Cowboy A has 3 cows, and Cowboy B has 2 cows. Is that right?

I like you. I wish we could have been friends when I was growing up. Maybe I wouldn't have failed math.

It's a Cheez-it!

thanks, how interesting.. I'm more of the scientifical types lol.. it's just a pitty that the majority of views are accounted for on stupid vidoe's like people getting hurt and things.. these interlectual puzzles and theories/workings, so it seems, are indeed un looked at quintisentially.. what does that say? well its not exactly evidence for anything.. just saying (i watch FUNNY stuff too lol.. only human) but im glad people post things like this on here.. good effort. :) 5 stars.

@kadahj2 they have 3 cow each, but 2 of their cows belong to 2 cowboys? my english sux =(

@kadahj2 A= 7 B= 5

You win internet points.

Arthur

@kadahj2 is this problem unsolvable