Can you solve the passcode riddle? - Ganesh Pai
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-passcode-riddle-ganesh-pai
I thought that the start of the video said that each number was larger than the one before it. As it was an ascending sequence so for that reason I was wrong. 😔
In a dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity’s last hope. Unfortunately, you’ve all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient coliseum for their deadly entertainment. Will you be able to solve the passcode riddle and get everyone out safely? Ganesh Pai shows how.
Lesson by Ganesh Pai, animation by Jun Zee Myers.
My name is zara 😭
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I'm proud for being able to actually solve at least one Ted Ed riddle
@someSiberianGuyI SOMEHOW found the answer
@igotaphoneYeah i got it obviously. Just too tired to think about it.
@kaktusrougehow abt 3*3*4
@AnishSekh45Solved this one without help. This was reletively easy, but I would be grateful if anyone please explained the 3 gods riddle. I am sorry to say that I did not understand it even after the explanation.
@priyankachaudhuri592I like pumpkin pie! :D
TO THE PIT
How is 2-2-9 a list of 3 ascending numbers?!?!?!?
@davecox70842x2x9
@l1fe_w1th_LexiI wish they’d made it explicit that the individual numbers could be 1 or 2 digits. I had the right formula to solve but it didn’t work with single digits only.
@HawkathonI saved myself through only math,no logic
@Bhargav-t5kI got 229 because i guessed ✌️ ignored the 2nd rule cuz i didnt know what to do with that info lol
@caroline_cool101My math teacher assigned me this for homework. I solved it because I have no life and memorized half the answers to the ted ed riddles
@notpythagoreasYay I did it!
@crazzykaii paused this video before the solution 9 years ago cause i couldnt figure it out. Rewatched it and aced it! Biggest accomplishment of my life!!!
@ChessNoob6736 is 2*2*3*3. The only single digit factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 We can eliminate 1, 6, 6.
1, 4, 9 = 14
2, 2, 9 = 13
2, 3, 6 = 11
3, 3, 4 = 10
I think those are the only four possibilities. Ah.
1,6,6 adds to 13. Zara needed the clue to eliminate that possibility. Zara was in hallway 13. The combination is 229.
yeah but you can just become a perfect logician and deduce thay because the other guy hasnt escapes by the first night, your eyes must be green too and then you both escspe by the 2nd night.
@Cookiesandmilk570How did the other two get out? I thought it said only one could escape and the others get fed to the lizards either way???
@keekomaki3918I was directed here by a different video that described this as "The easiest logic puzzle in the TED-Ed library". I click on the link... then realize that I already watched this video a week ago, and already couldn't figure it out :(
@soot.mp3It’s entirely possible Zara asked for the third clue not because she didn’t know the answer but because she knew with only the first 2 clues there would be no possible way for us to escape, so we just got lucky
@plushlife5963God is good ❤
@haeun_gyeYay I got one right
@duke_hugoI AM SOOOOO HAPPYY. I GOT IT RIGHTT❤😂
@MukoniMashau-t3jwhy can you put 2 digit numbers in a single digit space... i got the answer right but only because i didn't even think about 2 digit numbers being a possible answer
@amanibobaniI’ve done it. I’ve solved a TedEd riddle. My knowledge knows no bounds
@R_y_deStep one: tell the guard you have green eyes
Step two: walk out
Wooooo finally solved another one
@bakumidokiriyoayaoyorozush6979Can someone explain the possibility that Zara could have asked the third clue to help her friends?
@powerxcode53332:28 These were fun before ChatGPT. Just from the image he says 229.
@DataJugglerWith all the evidence I've concluded the answer is "Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs"
@EUGHHHHHHHHHHHMy answer was right but logic was different
@MusuGhani-d6jThe other give away is that the code can't contain a 2 digit number
@bellehogel8665SOLVED MAMAAAAA 😍😛
@yoloLollHallway 11 also fits all these rules. I don’t understand what keeps you from choosing this hallway as well.
@robf8805I wrote down 2*2*3*3 and guessed 2,2,9
@ishnew._THIS ONE WAS EASY BRO! 😪😪 OZO, Solved it!!
@shwetasinglaaExcuse me zara we gave you the audio transmitter to hear your answer not everything but
@ZiroWattI’ve been binging Ted ED riddles and this is the first time I actually solved one of these lol. However, I did it by pure luck and bare minimum deduction/reasoning. Just picked out 2 2 9 because of clue #1 and #3 and it turned out to be correct. 💀
@magentapurplebluesWhy does the hallway number have to match more than 1 sum of the list? Did I miss something?
@VizanteDanielthe hallway part doesnt make sense at all
@KamaimaKamaomqMost would solve it in this order:
Zara needed the third clue which says the top two numbers can’t be the same. The only reason this would matter is if she’s deciding between that answer and another option with the same sum. What is the only combo where the top two numbers are the same? 1 x 6 x 6. Thus we are looking for something else whose sum is 1 + 6 + 6.
Probably not
@JakeIsNotGoodAtStuff정답 맞혔다
@ZainjunWhats the use they will capture u agin as ur weak
@Rohan-l6dMy logic was a bit wrong, in fact a lot wrong, but got the right idea, and solution. I drafted out the possible combinations, but immediately just left any xyz number, that went over 9, and those what had a duplicating third number. Left with 334, 236, 229 and 149. Well, the hallway numbers go: 10, 11, 13, 14. So I just picked the one with "13", since Zara needed clues '1-3'. I realize why I got the reasoning wrong now though
@lauri2806found it
@tommys12 2 9
@yourlocalmathgeek4815Can't i just, like, fly out?
@dodecahedronzz