Can you solve the time travel riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Your professor has accidentally stepped through a time portal in his physics lab. You’ve got just a minute to jump through before it closes and leaves him stranded in history. Your only way back is to grab enough colored nodules to create a new portal to open a doorway through time. Can you take the right amount of nodules to get back to the present before the portal closes? Dan Finkel shows how.
Lesson by Dan Finkel, directed by Artrake Studio.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd5 жыл бұрын

    Get the solution to the bonus riddle here: brilliant.org/TedEdTimeTravel/! Also, the first 833 of you who sign up for a PREMIUM subscription will get 20% off the annual fee. Riddle on, riddlers!

  • @victora73

    @victora73

    5 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed pls make more riddles

  • @yorelyoung6407

    @yorelyoung6407

    5 жыл бұрын

    The answer is yes. It will always be 2.

  • @RiteshNEVERUNIFORM

    @RiteshNEVERUNIFORM

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would take 7 and place it 1 at centre of the 6 nodules.!! Of cource 6 will be the minimum number.

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy

    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy

    5 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed is way too hard with their riddles!

  • @IvanIvanov-ui9ow

    @IvanIvanov-ui9ow

    5 жыл бұрын

    Check my page for ideas to your next travel destination instagram.com/travellgoal/

  • @kroniclenonicle9100
    @kroniclenonicle91003 жыл бұрын

    "You only have one minute to go in the portal" *alright then...lemme spend 3 minutes thinking about it*

  • @user-ht1vg5we2p

    @user-ht1vg5we2p

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or you take your time thinking, and, when you figure it out, you make another potal to travel back to when the portal connecting to the professor was open, and then save him

  • @MDHUSSAIN-my7rh

    @MDHUSSAIN-my7rh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-ht1vg5we2p Epic🤣

  • @gobbyli6118

    @gobbyli6118

    3 жыл бұрын

    Portal: Ok, I can wait for 30 seconds more

  • @calmingmom1196

    @calmingmom1196

    3 жыл бұрын

    You just grab all of them and make a bunch of triangles no matter what at least one of them is going to have a pure triangle then you take the rest back in the past so that way it's going to be very simple to get there and back seriously you bring all of them there's a good chance that if you just use three of them for each portal you're going to get one eventually

  • @witherbomb47

    @witherbomb47

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely caught in a time warp

  • @Gdf353bgy
    @Gdf353bgy4 жыл бұрын

    *Bold of you to assume that I'm helping this guy out*

  • @sometimessnarky1642

    @sometimessnarky1642

    4 жыл бұрын

    An intern no more! He's playing Jurassic park and your writing your thank you speech for the Nobel prize you are about to receive for time travel technology.

  • @tabitha9723

    @tabitha9723

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anyone who “accidentally” falls through a time portal can’t be trusted

  • @itram99

    @itram99

    4 жыл бұрын

    imagine how rich you'd be if you sell his laboratory

  • @neutralpie420

    @neutralpie420

    4 жыл бұрын

    I want to like this comment but it has 420 likes. Please keep it at 420 likes.

  • @scribbler_crowe

    @scribbler_crowe

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Well yes, my text IS bold*

  • @Grapes-nk2vk
    @Grapes-nk2vk3 жыл бұрын

    Step one: confirm you have green eyes Step two: ask the nodules to connect correctly so you can leave.

  • @AbhishekKumar-uu4uj

    @AbhishekKumar-uu4uj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reference please ?

  • @agenti4734

    @agenti4734

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj it is from one of the older riddles. The riddle consisted of people with green eyes and to escape. They needed to have green eyes but they didn't know they had green eyes

  • @AbhishekKumar-uu4uj

    @AbhishekKumar-uu4uj

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@agenti4734 thank you

  • @rejanesalgueiro2264

    @rejanesalgueiro2264

    3 жыл бұрын

    This meme is getting really annoying

  • @sudoornator3000

    @sudoornator3000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Step three cover yourself in oil

  • @joanne3330
    @joanne33303 жыл бұрын

    0:14 love how I just casually watch as my boss "accidentally" steps through a time portal

  • @marcusscience23

    @marcusscience23

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is the part where you just throw the 6 chrononodules through the portal for him, and don’t step through yourself.

  • @GMPStudios
    @GMPStudios5 жыл бұрын

    Now I understand why there were exactly 6 infinity stones

  • @carastark9163

    @carastark9163

    5 жыл бұрын

    6 is the new 42

  • @JrKid-jb3vm

    @JrKid-jb3vm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Perfectly balanced

  • @GMPStudios

    @GMPStudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JrKid-jb3vm but it cost Everything 🙃

  • @GalluZ

    @GalluZ

    5 жыл бұрын

    Conclusion: Thanos will win against Captain Marvel. lol xd

  • @lanceleynes5862

    @lanceleynes5862

    5 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @linali6865
    @linali68655 жыл бұрын

    *tells riddle* me: uh 6? *says answer is 6* me: IM SO FREAKING SMART

  • @thatafricanboii

    @thatafricanboii

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just said 6 cuz 3x2

  • @samissmart2407

    @samissmart2407

    4 жыл бұрын

    Txc rags same but I did a little more thinking

  • @justin4514

    @justin4514

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thatafricanboii me too

  • @francischong5804

    @francischong5804

    4 жыл бұрын

    Omg, I am glad I have not wrote this comment yet because it was my first time solving this question successfully and getting correct.

  • @mylenefrancisco888

    @mylenefrancisco888

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lina Li Same

  • @Gameknight2169
    @Gameknight21693 жыл бұрын

    Of course, the hexagon is still the bestagon.

  • @epicbots8479

    @epicbots8479

    2 жыл бұрын

    hexagons are the bestagons baby!! (watched that vid btw)

  • @bedrock30_

    @bedrock30_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Naturally

  • @AUserNobodyAskedFor

    @AUserNobodyAskedFor

    2 жыл бұрын

    I watched that vid

  • @maartenvandijk3629

    @maartenvandijk3629

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bees!

  • @meapyboy12345

    @meapyboy12345

    2 жыл бұрын

    righty you are

  • @halfofabucket1346
    @halfofabucket13464 жыл бұрын

    "Your internship at Ramsay's physics lab has been amazing." Also me: *tries to put the apple in the square slot*

  • @yingo4098

    @yingo4098

    3 жыл бұрын

    what square slot?

  • @unico17324

    @unico17324

    2 жыл бұрын

    What????????????????

  • @commanderfiendfyre4095

    @commanderfiendfyre4095

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry, what?

  • @limegreenelevator

    @limegreenelevator

    Ай бұрын

    That's right, it goes in the square hole

  • @ShauryaSingh-ts2oc
    @ShauryaSingh-ts2oc5 жыл бұрын

    Can't I just throw the box of nodules in the portal so that the professor figures out himself ?

  • @aljhungwapo

    @aljhungwapo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oooorrrrrr maybe the portal is kinda two way? If the portal isnt close yet maybe the professor can just jump back?

  • @kudoamv

    @kudoamv

    5 жыл бұрын

    The assumption contradicts the solution to the problem, you guys are good. Spotted the loophole.

  • @thomashaines3182

    @thomashaines3182

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kudoamv thanks

  • @masonmatt2145

    @masonmatt2145

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keep in mind that the professor could be dead already when you step through, although a slim chance, making your rescue mission pointless, even if you can get through.

  • @maximilianopena

    @maximilianopena

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can't just bring three modules and throw those together until colors match?

  • @sahilhussain7328
    @sahilhussain73285 жыл бұрын

    How does one ACCIDENTALLY fall through a time vortex?

  • @abigailc8829

    @abigailc8829

    5 жыл бұрын

    And how does one ACCIDENTALLY add deadly lasers to ants?

  • @axelfirekirby

    @axelfirekirby

    5 жыл бұрын

    weird al once accidentally stepped into a alternate dimension

  • @PrincessAshley12

    @PrincessAshley12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hot tub time machine

  • @theivoryguy2476

    @theivoryguy2476

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@abigailc8829 How does one not know what their eye color is?

  • @squid_cake

    @squid_cake

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sain 7417 I ordered a pizza and got a time vortex instead, what's your point

  • @yanagelfand4337
    @yanagelfand43372 жыл бұрын

    I went from the opposite and tried to find a way to AVOID same-color triangles. The fact that a hexagon is symmetric made it easier. So I tried different combinations of the two colors on the outline (there are only three). All the times I stumbled across two rays of the same color from the same vertex, I added the third line of the different color (worst case scenario). And all the times it eventually led to a triangle. With a triangle, a rectangle and a pentagon the same strategy led to "winning" (there is a way not to form a triangle), so I increased the quantity of vertexes until I found out that a hexagon doesn't work like that, so it should be the correct answer. The bonus riddle works the same way. I see that this way is less logical and more intuitive, but for me it was easier to actually see how it can play out.

  • @Tippex_Official
    @Tippex_Official3 жыл бұрын

    0:09 if he’s called Ramsey, I assume he rants at his workers Also, here’s the solution: 1. Bring all the nodules, 2. Make tons of 3 node triangles till you get what you want

  • @LocalPlagueDoc

    @LocalPlagueDoc

    3 жыл бұрын

    1:04

  • @meco7956

    @meco7956

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LocalPlagueDoc never said they one portal affects others

  • @autumnveir1168

    @autumnveir1168

    3 жыл бұрын

    3. Say you have green eyes. 4. Ask the professor to leave. 5. If you have been questioned about his whereabouts, just reply "OZO"

  • @zForce4

    @zForce4

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or you could just never get one and stuck in history forever Just like how I never get good teammates when solo Q for anygame

  • @Tippex_Official

    @Tippex_Official

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zForce4 assuming each line has a 50% chance to be red or blue, then there is a 1/4 chance you get a working triangle. If there are, say, 100 nodes in a box, then you would get about 25 working portals. At least that’s the estimate.

  • @capertillar4634
    @capertillar46344 жыл бұрын

    3:38 Just grab him through, you have long enough arms

  • @nightingalelara7519

    @nightingalelara7519

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hehe

  • @TheFerretofEarth

    @TheFerretofEarth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @user-qp3bc2up8x

    @user-qp3bc2up8x

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMAOOOOO

  • @captainkencel1557

    @captainkencel1557

    4 жыл бұрын

    you cant see where he is though

  • @thegreatmo5067

    @thegreatmo5067

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rofl

  • @hafsa7951
    @hafsa79515 жыл бұрын

    This guy has an amazing voice

  • @merc6666

    @merc6666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ikr its so soothing

  • @MichaelAury

    @MichaelAury

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea he’s my favorite Ted Ed narrator. He has a very clear pronunciation and his voice has the perfect tone for educating. Not too cold and not too friendly.

  • @blankname6657

    @blankname6657

    5 жыл бұрын

    Check him out, his name is Addison Anderson.

  • @hafsa7951

    @hafsa7951

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dragon Slayer thanks, I will

  • @minakshieco1

    @minakshieco1

    5 жыл бұрын

    IKR

  • @xiupingliu7343
    @xiupingliu73434 жыл бұрын

    Me: Wait so how many nachos does he need?

  • @HadesKidsGang

    @HadesKidsGang

    Ай бұрын

    get a notification. watch the video again. nice comment.

  • @neerajnandan3519
    @neerajnandan35192 жыл бұрын

    I like how Ted ed says time travel riddle and just makes us learn geometry

  • @Tombee2
    @Tombee24 жыл бұрын

    Me: five sounds nice-No 6, 3 for 2 triangles. Ted-ed: the answer is 6 Me: yes big brain time

  • @yourtypicalneighborhoodkar9605

    @yourtypicalneighborhoodkar9605

    4 жыл бұрын

    Annnnnd you most likely solved the bonus riddle

  • @lsedge7280

    @lsedge7280

    4 жыл бұрын

    Basically same as me. I was like "50% chance of red or blue for one", 3*2 = 6. Might be six. Big brain gang.

  • @ssmmarble9425

    @ssmmarble9425

    3 жыл бұрын

    400 like

  • @Berilia

    @Berilia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah my thought process was just "if there's a 50% chance of getting one colour and you need three of that one colour, 6 would work" I know that's almost certainly completely wrong, but I got the right answer :D

  • @angeliki5135

    @angeliki5135

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, because of the bonus riddle and also needing to get the professor back, you'd need 12. 6 for yourself and 6 for the professor since 1 portal teleports 1 person before it disappears.

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen70625 жыл бұрын

    Me: * grabs six chrono nodules * Me: * opens portal * Me: * gets splinched because there *was* a chance of the portal collapsing, no matter how few you bring * Me: Well, fml.

  • @danielcole3508

    @danielcole3508

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hehe nice... splinched

  • @AsifIqbalR

    @AsifIqbalR

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Brianna Sloves haha... Potterhead :D

  • @danielcole3508

    @danielcole3508

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Brianna Sloves Me: realizes it would just be easier to just accio the guy through the portal Also me: realizes i don't have wand... cries for the next week

  • @danielcole3508

    @danielcole3508

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Brianna Sloves yes but we can't apparate through it because it's a portal. You have to go through it apparation would be like walking around instantly or only parts of you going through portal.

  • @donyasigalesin1087

    @donyasigalesin1087

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mujahid Syed same

  • @abhishekjain3344
    @abhishekjain33444 жыл бұрын

    "Whats the minimum number of nodules" Me: *Take 3 and a risk also* .

  • @jasondeng7677
    @jasondeng76774 жыл бұрын

    1:41 now he knows where the lamb sauce went

  • @mepnet

    @mepnet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Finally

  • @dailytofu7060
    @dailytofu70604 жыл бұрын

    Can you solve th- Me: no but I'll watch

  • @ba.nguyen

    @ba.nguyen

    4 жыл бұрын

    I solved it :D

  • @anton-exe

    @anton-exe

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm kinda smart but I always just like to see how to solve it.

  • @majoan8178

    @majoan8178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha, yeah😉

  • @JBCIssac

    @JBCIssac

    3 жыл бұрын

    When people describe you as smart, but you can’t solve the TedEd riddles...

  • @jongoagr9277

    @jongoagr9277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me and you,we have a lot in common.

  • @clockworkgamma
    @clockworkgamma5 жыл бұрын

    Just leave him and take credit for the time machine , its a win win

  • @math3000

    @math3000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good to me

  • @OJorEm

    @OJorEm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Found the psychopath lol

  • @saadawan5502

    @saadawan5502

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 😂😂

  • @mr.cup6yearsago211

    @mr.cup6yearsago211

    5 жыл бұрын

    orange man bad

  • @martinanastacio5040

    @martinanastacio5040

    5 жыл бұрын

    no use rushing through the portal... just perfect the time machine first before rescuing the professor. don't want to get trapped in prehistoric era... no wifi, no pizza delivery.

  • @daveteves
    @daveteves4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks TedEd! Now I know how much modules I need when this problem arises.

  • @mansidugar6781
    @mansidugar67814 жыл бұрын

    Ted-Ed: " Can you-" Me : " NO!" Ted-Ed : " But- " Me : " Well I'm gonna see the video anyway "

  • @channyt8818
    @channyt88185 жыл бұрын

    *When you finally got a riddle right even though you guessed*

  • @violet8294

    @violet8294

    4 жыл бұрын

    lmao same

  • @minipinkcrewmate9556

    @minipinkcrewmate9556

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea

  • @NafeeGaming

    @NafeeGaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    You feel so big brained

  • @mith_jain_here

    @mith_jain_here

    4 жыл бұрын

    *me tooo*

  • @thegreatmo5067

    @thegreatmo5067

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol 😂

  • @lukasnovella9001
    @lukasnovella90015 жыл бұрын

    2:15 I thought we were traveling through time not summoning Satan

  • @BytezBich

    @BytezBich

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @justinharris3630

    @justinharris3630

    5 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @titaenic

    @titaenic

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @MADKapo

    @MADKapo

    5 жыл бұрын

    We're gonna resurect our mom, Al.

  • @godyeeter7817

    @godyeeter7817

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @cosmicbrambleclawv2
    @cosmicbrambleclawv22 жыл бұрын

    I like how the return portal just conveniently takes us back to the right time xD

  • @porkbork3500
    @porkbork35004 жыл бұрын

    To maximise the chance of survival, you might want to bring 5 though, depending on the chance of the portal collapsing vs the chance of the nodules giving a dead arrangement

  • @PragmaticAntithesis

    @PragmaticAntithesis

    8 ай бұрын

    Yep, the chance of 5 failing is only 12/1024

  • @Thomas14717

    @Thomas14717

    5 ай бұрын

    Explain please?

  • @finris1
    @finris15 жыл бұрын

    The bonus riddle: there will always be at least 2 triangles with same color sides. Take the possible colors extending from 1 nodule as in video. (1) If there are 5 or 4 blue sides (or 0 or 1 as that is just 5 or 4 red sides with the same result just with opposing colors), then there are at least 2 sets of 3 sides that will result in a portal like in the first riddle. (2) For the case of 2 or 3 blue/red sides, there will be 1 set of 3 sides that will create a portal as in the first riddle, and there will be sides between the nodules that could be either color and not create a portal. Pick a side as either blue or red (which doesn’t matter), and then fill in the remainder to try to prevent a portal. Another portal will always form no matter which initial side you pick.

  • @milx7210

    @milx7210

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im not going to read that im just gonna assume you're correct

  • @TheBloodsuger150

    @TheBloodsuger150

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or: Start with the triangle we know forms, let’s say it’s red. We know any ‘out of triangle’ node can’t be connected to the 3 ‘triangle nodes’ with 2 red lines, because that would make a red triangle, so at least 2 of their connections to the triangle are blue. If every out of triangle node has 2 blue connections to the triangle, 2 out of triangle nodes must share at least one vertex of the triangle that they both have a blue connection to. If this is true, out of triangle nodes can’t connect to each other with blue lines, or they’d make a blue triangle with that shared node. But if all out of triangle nodes are connected with red lines, they’d make a red triangle between the three of them. So there is no solution without at least 2 triangles.

  • @jatarokemuri4549

    @jatarokemuri4549

    3 жыл бұрын

    cant we apply the argument in the video to all the points and say that by symmetry, there will always be 2 portals form, and going futher and say that at least 6 portals always form?

  • @ryanburkett949

    @ryanburkett949

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jatarokemuri4549 We can't say 6, cause the triangles formed by some of the points may be ones we already counted as formed from the first point. But we can make sure of at least 2 by using one of the nodules not used in the first 4 and doing a symmetry argument.

  • @marcusscience23

    @marcusscience23

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or we could just throw the 6 chrononodules through the portal (without actually stepping through it) and have the professor connect them himself. Skipped the bonus riddle, only need 1 portal to work.

  • @shettysrjan30
    @shettysrjan305 жыл бұрын

    00:15 =professor has fallen into a time hole and i have to go in through the same time hole to save him 03:52= A Given portal can transport ONE PERSON before it closes

  • @jasondeng7677

    @jasondeng7677

    4 жыл бұрын

    bruhhhh

  • @daerdevvyl4314

    @daerdevvyl4314

    4 жыл бұрын

    Srjan Shetty In the BONUS QUESTION, not the MAIN QUESTION. Pay attention.

  • @lilchristuten7568

    @lilchristuten7568

    4 жыл бұрын

    00.17 you have just a minute to go through the portal. Explanation takes more than a minute.

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom

    @medexamtoolsdotcom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah really, you should have just thrown the 6 modules through the hole and stayed in the future yourself.

  • @daerdevvyl4314

    @daerdevvyl4314

    4 жыл бұрын

    lil chris tuten But the character doesn’t need to explain it. Are you telling me that you can’t figure something out faster than you can explain it to someone? Because I definitely can.

  • @louisedriscoll3227
    @louisedriscoll3227 Жыл бұрын

    Ted ed:your boss is trapped in time Me:🎵arms of an angel🎵

  • @leninsamson3847
    @leninsamson3847 Жыл бұрын

    with the bonus riddle just bring 12 nodules and leave the other 6 for yourself or the professor, depending on who goes first

  • @Justifier925

    @Justifier925

    Жыл бұрын

    The argument can always be that you were too late and your rushed decision came to this

  • @farisakmal2722
    @farisakmal27225 жыл бұрын

    The nodules are fkin *raw* ! Okay wrong Ramsay

  • @kln.b5631

    @kln.b5631

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHEREZ THE LAMB SAAAAAAUUUUUCEEEEEEE !???

  • @farisakmal2722

    @farisakmal2722

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the likes😁

  • @jessezong2507

    @jessezong2507

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHERES THE LAMB SAUCE

  • @owlesent

    @owlesent

    5 жыл бұрын

    COME ON SUSAN

  • @PrincessAshley12

    @PrincessAshley12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nino would've made sure it wasn't raw, and have pictures to prove it.

  • @FFjean
    @FFjean5 жыл бұрын

    I randomly guessed that 6 is the answer so that means im a legit scientist

  • @tristanreyes8590

    @tristanreyes8590

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @ayooshiyer8621

    @ayooshiyer8621

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am the sixth liker

  • @oxen_nyx

    @oxen_nyx

    5 жыл бұрын

    42 :V Same XD

  • @merc6666

    @merc6666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol same i was like um 3 x 2 is 6 so 6 is the answer....?

  • @thatfacewhenyoucheatedandg3957

    @thatfacewhenyoucheatedandg3957

    5 жыл бұрын

    My favourite kookies are suga kookies. THAT IS WHAT I Did XD and also HI ARMY

  • @user-ph3wx3cr7j
    @user-ph3wx3cr7j3 ай бұрын

    I love these videos SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!! I love how in each video there is a different art style!

  • @EnderIzzy124
    @EnderIzzy1242 жыл бұрын

    Other idea, throw 6 chrono nodules through instead of you going through yourself. Presumably, the lab would have some sort of protocol for this sort of thing on the offchance of an accidental exposure, and assuming the portal always exits at the same place, all the doctor would have to do is wait for his return trip to arrive.

  • @SpellProgrammer

    @SpellProgrammer

    6 ай бұрын

    What happens if the professor walks away? We already know he's got a tendency to wander without looking where he's going, and he was reading a paper when the accident happened. Who's to say that he didn't realize what happened and just kept walking? Besides, the nodules are very small, and could be crushed by large dino feet very easily. It's not a bad idea, but there's too many things that could go wrong. Better to be there to mitigate as many problems as you can.

  • @gamerx7053
    @gamerx70535 жыл бұрын

    OMG I can’t believe I finally got one of these riddles right. This was a good one!

  • @shanematthews1985

    @shanematthews1985

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know right, this one was actually kind of obvious though i guess? That or we're both just really geared towards understanding this sort of problem >.

  • @XCM666

    @XCM666

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hate to be *that* guy, but still: Maybe you both lucked out, as the range of sensible options is pretty small here. If you didn't solve it the way the video explains, then make that a probably. So how did you come up with 6 as your solution? I got it wrong. I intuitively thought the answer was 5 (as 3 out of 5 lines have to be the same color). I had the right idea, but didn't think it through (you require a sixth nodule to take advantage of this circumstance).

  • @shanematthews1985

    @shanematthews1985

    5 жыл бұрын

    My instinct was that 6 would essentially give you a 6 pointed star, given that there were only 2 possible colour combinations 6 seemed like the mathematical choice given 2x3 and the layout giving you multiple points of contact

  • @t_kon

    @t_kon

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@XCM666 by noticing that you'll need at least 3 edge of the same color to know it's possible (this one...is rather instict), then by php you'll need a minimum 5 edges connected to each vertex. Since it's a complete graph, hence n = 6 is the answer

  • @kokorondeficit

    @kokorondeficit

    5 жыл бұрын

    GamerX705 wait so you didn’t solve the robo ants riddle it had the most obvious answer you dont even need to guess it

  • @ShiaTheBunnyGirl
    @ShiaTheBunnyGirl5 жыл бұрын

    Answer: bring 12 nodules and use 6 per portal so both can escape time Easy peasy Lemon sandwich

  • @dam8944

    @dam8944

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pokefan Alolagaming but u only brought with u 6 or u could just go through at the same time

  • @nowonmetube

    @nowonmetube

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lemon sandwich??? I've never heard of that!

  • @LumaLinaAndRosa

    @LumaLinaAndRosa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @spoonythegamer21

    @spoonythegamer21

    4 жыл бұрын

    LegendAdam09 if they brung 2 portals then they both go in each with 6 nodules giving them the same chance

  • @kewmiemie1091

    @kewmiemie1091

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@spoonythegamer21 brung I wonder what brung means

  • @sonny8085
    @sonny80854 жыл бұрын

    I think the lesson here is that if you have an active time machine turned on in your lab, you should be more careful while wandering around.

  • @whatisthis2809
    @whatisthis28094 жыл бұрын

    Take a bunch and calculate when you get there, bring the extra back.

  • @AN-ou6qu
    @AN-ou6qu4 жыл бұрын

    0:20 YO this scene is GORGEOUS!

  • @Gallarday

    @Gallarday

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow it is Reminds me of a game.

  • @destux
    @destux5 жыл бұрын

    Never though Gordon Ramsay was a time traveler

  • @NA-ue1tv

    @NA-ue1tv

    5 жыл бұрын

    His dishes even satisfied them for the stone age.

  • @mikostubborn

    @mikostubborn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Been looking for this comment lol

  • @SreyaSanghai

    @SreyaSanghai

    5 жыл бұрын

    His first name and last name, both contain six letters..

  • @destux

    @destux

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SreyaSanghai Hey Ted Ed I found a much quicker solution over here

  • @ceceoneill2517
    @ceceoneill25174 жыл бұрын

    Me going through probability this year: finally knows the answer to a ted ed riddle

  • @a.iraven3922
    @a.iraven39222 жыл бұрын

    I solved almost every riddle on your channel easily and all it took was time and I figured it out

  • @Xzcouter
    @Xzcouter5 жыл бұрын

    Hey! I personally love this video cause I am a undergraduate math student and currently am basing off my research on this exact field of math (Ramsey Numbers of Graphs)!

  • @t_kon

    @t_kon

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think it's generally known as coloring problems

  • @daniele.parentmradamgamera2500

    @daniele.parentmradamgamera2500

    5 жыл бұрын

    Xzcouter Sukaiti that’s cool

  • @Mr6Sinner
    @Mr6Sinner5 жыл бұрын

    He went through the portal to figure out where the lamb sauce is.

  • @ecom6ao

    @ecom6ao

    5 жыл бұрын

    y

  • @zissler1

    @zissler1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Woosh

  • @getoinked2818

    @getoinked2818

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh That Explains It

  • @nazneenshereef7522
    @nazneenshereef75224 жыл бұрын

    How many nodules will u take? Me: 6 cuz we can make two triangles with it (lol) The only possible answer is 6 Me jumping around screaming: MOM get in here!!!! Ur daughter is smart😎!!!

  • @bborders135
    @bborders1352 жыл бұрын

    This is the first time I’ve got one of these right, and it was a straight up guess.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy5 жыл бұрын

    *It took me some **_time_** to solve this riddle*

  • @av.keshavshastry7785

    @av.keshavshastry7785

    5 жыл бұрын

    True, it took me an hour but I did solve it!

  • @av.keshavshastry7785

    @av.keshavshastry7785

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, i went through each case to solve, elegant solution!

  • @gavinrand8368

    @gavinrand8368

    5 жыл бұрын

    _Bob McCoy *lisa Guerrero would confront the time* I spelled that wrong didn’t I

  • @faznapkin1631

    @faznapkin1631

    5 жыл бұрын

    no *get out* 😂

  • @ninaelmoyan3478

    @ninaelmoyan3478

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bud Dum CRASH

  • @billnoonan5928
    @billnoonan59283 жыл бұрын

    “You have one minute to go through the portal” Me calculating wether or not I can call ted Ed in that amount of time

  • @subagaming2075
    @subagaming20754 жыл бұрын

    My first riddle i ever solved on this channel.

  • @sssssarthak
    @sssssarthak5 жыл бұрын

    No, but still i'll watch and not understand the solution too.

  • @msy6864

    @msy6864

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea I can't think of an answer

  • @Silvergrooves42
    @Silvergrooves425 жыл бұрын

    I'm super happy that my super quick solution turned out to be the correct one. I reasoned that if you had one stone as origin point and had random lines coming out, you needed to add enough stones for there to be 3 of a colour, since even if they didn't get the original color, they would still make a triangle. 6 it was

  • @PrunselClone
    @PrunselClone4 жыл бұрын

    Me: *grabs entire box* Also Me: *gets back*

  • @Pleaselikeandsubscribe1
    @Pleaselikeandsubscribe1 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine using all the cryo-nodules to make a time travel machine😂😂😂

  • @fotinipapacharalampous5596
    @fotinipapacharalampous55965 жыл бұрын

    Can you solve the time travel riddle? Off course I can't, but let's give it a try!

  • @davidwallerstein3113
    @davidwallerstein31135 жыл бұрын

    Ahaha I just chose 6 because it's two triangles together surprised i was correct 😂

  • @pixellover2795

    @pixellover2795

    5 жыл бұрын

    we all did

  • @coolsauce7771

    @coolsauce7771

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @TheThiccestChungus

    @TheThiccestChungus

    5 жыл бұрын

    exactly like a cat

  • @mmrow1634

    @mmrow1634

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is not a bad way to get an upper bound on the minimum for any kind or combination of polygons ("portals") formed by nodes ("chrono nodules") either. It's just a coincidence that for two triangles, it's also the lower bound and an achievable number. However for greater numbers of polygons or greater sizes of polygon, it quickly becomes extremely suboptimal, and hence Ramsey theory (amongst other areas of graph theory) that try to give better bounds or exact results. Or at least show that you can do it at all, is often as far as we get sometimes, too

  • @manavshah6831
    @manavshah68313 жыл бұрын

    0:35 i love that sound when the sides turn blue

  • @rebeccavecchio4275
    @rebeccavecchio42754 жыл бұрын

    Me: Ugghhhh 6? Ted Ed: The answer is 6 Me: Lol this is the first riddle I got right.

  • @ogeecheelime8868
    @ogeecheelime88685 жыл бұрын

    Why are you scrolling through comments? We both know you should be studying.

  • @cristianlicea6350

    @cristianlicea6350

    5 жыл бұрын

    😭

  • @waqqas6799

    @waqqas6799

    5 жыл бұрын

    Im at school rn lol

  • @_bum_bunny_

    @_bum_bunny_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stooopp, I have two essays I have to do that I'm trying not to think about

  • @hecko-yes

    @hecko-yes

    5 жыл бұрын

    i _am_ studying

  • @sketchyskies8531

    @sketchyskies8531

    5 жыл бұрын

    At school (lunch) rn

  • @alex0125tw
    @alex0125tw5 жыл бұрын

    I love TedEd riddles

  • @BytezBich

    @BytezBich

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Unbreakable Patches what

  • @jazz4362
    @jazz43622 жыл бұрын

    First TED riddle I got... Yay life💜💜💜💜

  • @dhiibvulk9036
    @dhiibvulk90362 жыл бұрын

    I went with the route of thinking through all possible combinations, not the best choice but it does work.

  • @chinareds54
    @chinareds545 жыл бұрын

    As a theoretical math problem it works, but in practice you can just bring the whole box and activate one at a time until you generate the portal. It may happen by chance with 3, 4, or 5 nodules, and if it does activate with a lower number then it would be safer than activating 6.

  • @fallin69

    @fallin69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @akshatshrivastava5947
    @akshatshrivastava59475 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for making riddle videos more often ❤❤

  • @Hydroculator
    @Hydroculator3 жыл бұрын

    Bait and switch! I was hoping for a time travel riddle, but got a geometry lesson.

  • @beemansri7369
    @beemansri73693 жыл бұрын

    yes i love your riddles make more

  • @scarletreilly2298
    @scarletreilly22985 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! I love new riddles.

  • @reasatprottoy7488
    @reasatprottoy74885 жыл бұрын

    Make this a series called Ted-dle

  • @jaysonirvingalcantara3949

    @jaysonirvingalcantara3949

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or call it T series

  • @propularguy

    @propularguy

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can only do the tissue thing haha lame jk

  • @FrogMan-cw2jr
    @FrogMan-cw2jr2 жыл бұрын

    Who else thinks the scream at 1:28 kinda sounds like toad from super mario

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 Жыл бұрын

    I am busy now so coming back yesterday to solve this.

  • @bobberry1463
    @bobberry14635 жыл бұрын

    I guess 6 randomly does that still count

  • @taakotuesdays

    @taakotuesdays

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too do we get prizes

  • @ibbysajid167

    @ibbysajid167

    4 жыл бұрын

    bob berry no

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy
    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy4 жыл бұрын

    0:12 Until, that is, he called you a donkey and said the meat is undercooked!

  • @williamdunhan341

    @williamdunhan341

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @tacothealien9805

    @tacothealien9805

    4 жыл бұрын

    where’s the lamb sau- THE ANSWER

  • @loganwingenbach3834
    @loganwingenbach38342 жыл бұрын

    i would just grab as many as possible and then use them three at a time until a portal opened. this does create the chance of not getting a portal but using more than the minimum increases the chances that it immediately kills you when you try to use it.

  • @ktchimmy5823
    @ktchimmy58234 жыл бұрын

    Me watching Ted-Ed’s riddles: how do I always end up in these mathematical situations? •.•

  • @0Sildar0
    @0Sildar05 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping for some kind of paradox riddle :(

  • @perison4611

    @perison4611

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is there such thing??

  • @rolliepollie941

    @rolliepollie941

    5 жыл бұрын

    You just predicted the future!!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4dpx6ehfLGbZ9Y.html Are you a time traveler?

  • @getoinked2818

    @getoinked2818

    5 жыл бұрын

    Here kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4dpx6ehfLGbZ9Y.html

  • @saumyashah7978
    @saumyashah79785 жыл бұрын

    Who else is never able to solve any of these?

  • @carastark9163

    @carastark9163

    5 жыл бұрын

    This one was the only Ted ed riddle I got right cuz by brain was like "it's a 50 chance to get either a red or blue line so 3 times 2 is 6" solved it

  • @frostyblade8842

    @frostyblade8842

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@carastark9163 that was me too

  • @abdhullahazzam9896

    @abdhullahazzam9896

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me but I watch cause it’s interesting

  • @sadsworth4605

    @sadsworth4605

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @ugandanmetalsonic8879

    @ugandanmetalsonic8879

    5 жыл бұрын

    ME not kno da wae to solve

  • @misterbrick4276
    @misterbrick42762 жыл бұрын

    3:52 then how did we go through the same portal as the professor to get here

  • @geoffreyhooker9005
    @geoffreyhooker9005 Жыл бұрын

    If you have (wolog) only two red triangles, and they share a side... we know the portal collapses after the first person goes through. The illustration showed the sides collapsing as well. Will this not cause the second portal to close before person nº 2 goes through ?

  • @viperwolf1272
    @viperwolf12725 жыл бұрын

    By the time i finished watching this video the window would have already closed leaving my professor stuck in history :D

  • @urielcastaneda761
    @urielcastaneda7615 жыл бұрын

    Or just bring all of them and keep throwing them until they work

  • @ratfoot6490

    @ratfoot6490

    5 жыл бұрын

    The more you bring the higher chance they have of collapsing while you are going through then.

  • @yagentblueberry1144

    @yagentblueberry1144

    5 жыл бұрын

    YOu can't win the lotteries if you don't buy the lotteries And the collapsing only happens when you throw them. Or go through them. so you argument is invalid.

  • @jasondeng7677

    @jasondeng7677

    4 жыл бұрын

    ...

  • @anonymus3219
    @anonymus32193 жыл бұрын

    For a second I thought this was a brilliant sponsor 0:39

  • @wyattskinner697
    @wyattskinner6972 жыл бұрын

    2:27 Why is the top right nodule not animated like the rest?

  • @RawAustin
    @RawAustin5 жыл бұрын

    Never heard of Ramsey Theory before this, but I am somewhat familiar with basic Graph Theory. Looking at it one way, considering all the red edges yields a graph, while the blue edges form its complement. Unite them and you have a fully-connected graph, which forms the problem statement presented here. Coming to a similar conclusion to the video, for any given graph with 6 nodes, either the graph or it's complement will always contain a 3-node cycle, aka a triangle. Came to that result after a bit of brute-forcing some permutations, but hey! I got _something_ out of my Math lectures.

  • @Nopenopenope412

    @Nopenopenope412

    Жыл бұрын

    neat

  • @vincenzocontento6300
    @vincenzocontento63005 жыл бұрын

    I thought about this a little differently, not sure if my thought process is correct, but it gave me the same answer. Odds of getting all red or all blue triangle with 3 nodules is 1/8 (0.5x0.5x0.5) and because extra nodules create colours mutually exclusively, all you have to do is create 8 triangles with the least number of nodules (bc 1/8 x 8 = 100%). So I was just thinking of shapes and thought octahedron has 8 triangles and just 6 nodules. Could’ve been luck, I didn’t put much thought into the shape, just first one that came to mind.

  • @twoofee7647
    @twoofee76473 жыл бұрын

    Now you have to consider the probability of a triangle not being complete with 5 modules vs the increase probability of portal destabilization when adding the 6th module.

  • @33LB
    @33LB2 жыл бұрын

    will i always get an ozo triangle from 6 nodules, or just an ulu triangle?

  • @AwesomeDomi1
    @AwesomeDomi15 жыл бұрын

    Very creative! Nice job!

  • @gregddr
    @gregddr5 жыл бұрын

    I like the sound of the nodules connecting and the portal working....i just dont know why...!!

  • @anonymus3219
    @anonymus32193 жыл бұрын

    I was able to solve this because I had successfully solved the famous "what's the minimum number of socks u need to take out a drawer at random to make a pair if the drawer contains an equal amount of blue and red socks"

  • @YoungWizardOnDuty
    @YoungWizardOnDuty Жыл бұрын

    The audio clip of music + monkey sounds at 1:25 is from the point-and-click game Return To Mysterious Island. I have no idea how it ended up in this video, but that was a great moment of nostalgia for me. xD

  • @aylacastolo5843
    @aylacastolo58434 жыл бұрын

    Just throw the whole damn box in and make the professor do the damn work of going back

  • @elephantarmy2938
    @elephantarmy29385 жыл бұрын

    Quickly the portal is about to close Gives four days to figure it out

  • @croissantboy1623
    @croissantboy16234 жыл бұрын

    is that sound of the nodules connecting from the lisa soundtrack?

  • @Pokestar732
    @Pokestar73211 ай бұрын

    You left me on a cliffhanger,man....

  • @crispyein8601
    @crispyein86015 жыл бұрын

    0:00 the way I type is phenomenal.

  • @julix_mango
    @julix_mango4 жыл бұрын

    Bring as many as you can and keep forming triangular portals. EEAASSSYYY

  • @sarawheeler2672
    @sarawheeler26724 жыл бұрын

    The sound of these nodules activating is like nail on a chalk board plus a dog whistle

  • @sumelk1020
    @sumelk10202 жыл бұрын

    Ted Ed: *asks any riddle* Me: “good question”