Can you solve the death race riddle? - Alex Gendler

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The night before the Death Race across the Wastelands is set to begin, your uncle, the great inventor Slate Kanoli, got kidnapped by the ruthless No-Side gang. The only way to get him back is to race his Coil Runner against the gang yourself. Win and they’ll give back your uncle. Lose and you’ll forfeit the Coil Runner and all his other creations. Can you win the race? Alex Gendler shows how.

Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Artrake Studio.

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[TEDEd]

Psst! Don't forget that rule #2 applies to ALL causes and effects. And to clear up any ambiguity, the fuel gauge glowing, the gravitometer spinning, and the helium tank rattling count as both causes and effects.

[AzraelVids]

Solving that puzzle in the middle of a high speed race is magic

[kikilocket]

Me: **in a race**
Also me: **reads some notes and makes a table while driving**

[JTD]

"Let's see, so to secure my chances of winning, I just have to -"

*drives off cliff*

[avah]

TedEd: You're in the middle of a death race

Also TedEd: Now lets make a chart

[duchi]

*Minor Tinkering of Death:*
1. Ignition Explosion
2. Reactor Leakage
3. Oxygen Level Depletion

[lakshmim]

0:29 eye smileys, self-cleaning vacuum cleaner, man this guy's a genius

[jjoestar]

this was worded in a way where i thought all i had to do was avoid the specific reactions, i was ready to press A-D and use all 4 of those thrusters

[souravjha]

That is so cruel why why would a parent name their child slate kanoli.

[theludicrouslime]

I’m glad I figured this out in the five seconds I had before the jump

[matesafranka]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the person who came up with the uncle's inventions (especially the rocking chair)

[alizee]

Me: Drives, looks at time on my phone, literally crashes and dies.
Ted Ed character: drives, comes up with a total plan, makes a table, still wins and scratchless
WTF??!!!!

[phonejack]

Imagine how annoyed these people must be to put out these riddles trying to help us think better, but then when they go to comments, all they see is people complaining about how theyll never be able to solve these.

[landlighterfirestar]

You know when you’re sitting there like, “This actually seems pretty easy to solve if I made a chart...





But I’m too lazy to move, tell me the answer!”

[singem]

edit: I realized my mistake and now know what went wrong. Where I got lost was the fact that, i assumed the effects rules only applied to rockets via problems. But it turns out it also applies to the problems via hazards.


I feel like this specific riddle was a little bit unclear as it says that he was certain that the failures were causes of chain reactions from the thrusters 1:11

so the fact that when the gravitometer spins & the helium tank rattles, the ignition explodes and the oxygen levels deplete

so the 'chain reaction' of the helium tank rattling and the gravitometer spinning creates the catastrophe. Therefore as long as you didn't trigger both of them you'd be fine no?

this led me to conclude the opposite of the final answer as both had the gravitometer spinning so as long as i didn't use that no chain reaction would take place and id be safe. so i could activate 'a, b, c, & d'

[shreeyamittal]

0:29 Really loved the extra mile you guys went to, not to mention the wacky creations themselves! Great riddle, TED-Ed!

[maihasubando]

0:29
That self cleaning vacuum cleaner, I need it.

[yousafmurdaza]

Fun Fact : Left handed people have a significantly higher chance of completing their exam on time then people with no hands

[vozamaraktv-art]

0:29 Can we just appreciate how cool his inventions are?!!!!

[LemonAidk]

I’m moving at 200 miles an hour and I have to solve this in less than 5 seconds before crash falling in a ravine of toxic waste
*lets read the instructions*