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Yes I'm pulling it
So uh… how was I supposed to know which symbol meant which number?…
Given how big the lever is and how it's been left without maintenance for eons, a better question might be 'CAN you pull it?'
What if you opened the sealed pyramid and there was just a slip of paper with a troll face on it
I would seriously watch this if it was a TV show. TedEd, your storyboarding is amazing! Keep up the good work.
i love the easter eggs to older riddles presented throughout the video here... the 3 golden hexagons... the elemental crystals...
the real riddle is figuring out how there's an "icecap" on mars
"Here's the visual approach*
Me, having just racked my brain with the algebraic approach. 😳
I love the scenarios that you give us before we solve the puzzle/riddle
UUUUUUU a few.
Did anyone else completely disregard that there was an explanation for the number system and tried to work it out with logic, because I did and then realised it literally already told us
howcome in the video they say that there is intelligent alien life on mars even if we don't know if there is intelligent alien life on mars
I felt so powerful after being able to solve this one :)) I can never solve Ted-Ed’s puzzles but I was finally able to!
I love doing it and realizing that I did it a completely different way than what the video did. I realized that the number that's 2 rows down and exactly vertically aligned with another number, if doubled and then added with the number to the left and right, equals that original number. So for pyramid 2, the original number of 32 is what I'll use. Two rows below and vertically aligned is the center 9. Double that to get 18, and add the 10 (to the left) and 4 (to the right) to get 32. This works for every possibility. Damn I just solved math. Math is officially solved.
Got it! Glad to see my old algebra logic still works.
Having to rewind to see the numbers in the first pyramid is super tedious.
"You and the other 99 scientists-"
WE ALL HAVE GREEN EYES I just solved it
At qsc3YZ2S924&t=0m19s 0:19 you can see the 3 golden gems from dongles difficult dilemma
honestly the past ted-ed riddles were very complicated and fun but this one was a little disappointing since it just...simple algebra