Can you solve the fish riddle? - Steve Wyborney 

- 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."_

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

then the sharks starve and the sharks become endangered

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Answer: Get a more complete shipping report

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

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.

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

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

Simple answer: no, I'm too dumb

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

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!)

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

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

I love how realistic these scenarios are

1:04 Microbes: are we jokes to u?

The horse's name was Friday

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

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

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)

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?

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

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.

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

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

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.

Such a victory when I solve one! But then I see how you’re “supposed” to solve it and I just get a headache lol

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.

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

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

I really want to know where they find such imagination for the riddles. It's amazing!

This was the first TED riddle I found the approach for first try. Love these!

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

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

You, the captain: "Ah, what could possibly go wrong". The inexorable odds of nature: "Murphy's law strictly enforced ahead!"

first ted-ed riddle that i figured out! im so proud of myself. even pulled out excel to solve it haha

Why is the dude from Pink Panther in this video?

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

This is the 1st riddle I've completely solved on my own after watching a ton of these.

This riddle is the first time i can solve Ted-ed's Riddles by myself

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

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

the satisfaction I felt after solving this riddle is beyond words

I literally feel so proud this is the problem on this channel I was able to solve by just doing the math in my own head, I started my assuming the maximum number of tanks would be 13 and starting from each tank having 1 fish and moving up from each outcome to match 50 organisms

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

"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.

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

Solving these is one of the best feelings ever

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

One of the few riddles I solved.

This is the first time I solve a ted-ed riddle by my own, not exactly using a table but using a similar method of what's the only posible combination

I made an equation with the no. of fishes in each as x, no. of tanks as y+6 (6 already in alpha and beta) and no. sharks as z+6 and applied same conditions :)

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

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

One of the puzzles I've answered on my own... A proud moment for me

First TED-Ed riddle that I was able to solve on my own

Or you could just fix the radar machine

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

Nice, got it right the first time without writing anything down. Feels pretty good. However this one was easier than some of your other riddles. Since there is only one option that gives you a divisible number when you substract the sharks.

"your sonar malfunctioned" the sonar in question: 🔥💥💥🔥⚫️🌚💥💥🔥

Plot twist: the fish are actually baby sharks

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.

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!

Thanks. It is fun solving your riddles.

This is like math class all over again

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

This isn't the first riddle I've solved on this channel.... But it's the first riddle I solved in my head. I'm blown away by my own potential 😂 super happy right now.

That was very entertaining, thanks for the riddles TedEd

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

"the sonar has malfunctioned" *blows up*

It is a very good logic puzzle. Thank you ted-ed

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.

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

Waited so long for this , like for more riddles

Ted-Ed: There are 50 fish and sharks in the water The one octopus chilling:

Ted-ed:Hey, You have to save an entire species of fish and not a single one can be lost. But you know... NO PRESSURE.

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

God damn it I’m a hungry shark

Why am I watching this in my break, my brain is already fried from assignments

I don’t trust any submarines, anymore.

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

Who else doesnt pause and try to solve the riddle?

This guy should be the voice for audiobooks it's so calm

im impressed he didnt just snap and go insane from all the maths that was being thrown at him.