A cheesy puzzle!? Definitely not! - 4 Parts that drive you crazy!

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  • @astralblob
    @astralblob Před 2 lety +144

    “Start with the corner pieces”, they say.

  • @igorzigmaker5785
    @igorzigmaker5785 Před 6 lety +2033

    Much easier than the Giraffe Puzzle

    • @Stjopa
      @Stjopa Před 6 lety +15

      Zigmaker 😂😂😂

    • @alex-gb9iy
      @alex-gb9iy Před 6 lety +146

      Every puzzle is easier than the Giraffe Puzzle

    • @xclockwrkskinx
      @xclockwrkskinx Před 6 lety +41

      I dont know. The giraffe puzzle was kinda hard.

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +82

      @alex z
      That's it!

    • @Renville80
      @Renville80 Před 6 lety +10

      Zigmaker Meh. I’ll take water from the Nile over the giraffe puzzle any day 😆

  • @addityasinghal897
    @addityasinghal897 Před 6 lety +461

    First of all, we have 2 ways to arrange each piece. top side up, or bottom side up and that with 4 orientations each. so that's 8^2 for 2 pieces and 8^3 for 3 pieces. Why 2,3 and not 4 due to only 1 right angle, you'll see later. Now when I look at this puzzle, i am seeing that at least 2 pieces, might they be in any orientation, fit together in this. Thus the 8 orientations of a piece. Now choosing 2 pieces from a set of 4 is 4!/2!2!=6 ways. Arranging them in any of four spots is 4x3=12. So total ways of trying in a *best case scenario* in which you realize after putting just 2 pieces in 8^2 ways that it is wrong or right, is *(8^2)(6)(12)=4608* !! viola!! Although if you want, you could divide by 4 for rotational symmetry purpose = 1152 possibilities. if you consider the *worst case scenario* , in which you put at least 3 pieces before realizing its wrong then it will be *(8^3)[C(4,3)](3!)=(8^3)(4)(6)=12288* . consider rotational symmetry and 12288/4 =3072 ways!! Done *(I am excellent with combinatorics and I have tried the puzzle fitting in 2 or 3 ways myself. Hence my conclusion!!)* Also if you do 1 try in 10 seconds, it'll probably take you 7-8 hours for getting solution with worst luck possible. Thanks for not tl;dr ing this

    • @Heathenfidel
      @Heathenfidel Před 6 lety +18

      Why would you try different ways of choosing the first 2 pieces? You could just start with the same 2 pieces each time. And when you mention dividing by 4 for rotational symmetry, you are forgetting about flipping. So I think the time estimate should be more like 35-40 minutes.
      Actually, I also think 10 seconds per attempt is unreasonably long. If you try all possible positions for the third piece for a given arrangement of the first 2 pieces, it doesn't take 10 seconds to try each position of the third piece. So I think that with a very methodical search for the solution, it could be done in less time than it took Mr. Puzzle.

    • @robertgomez5378
      @robertgomez5378 Před 6 lety +9

      If you consider each piece to have 4 different ways to arrange it on each face and each piece has 4 possible corners to be put in. Then the very first piece you place has (4)(2)(4) different possibilities. After you place the first one you can arrange the rest of the pieces in 3! different ways, but that's without rotating or flipping so again we have to multiply each piece by 4 and by 2. So (4)(2)(4)(3!)(4^3)(2^3) = different combinations. I am aware this number would be correct only if all the pieces were to physically fit in every given order. And I also don't know how to simplify for rotational symmetry but I believe this is closer to the real approximation.

    • @keinplanvon
      @keinplanvon Před 6 lety +2

      Additya Si, if at the worst scenario you realize that after 3 pieces the 4th would not fit, surely you wouldn't have to try to test all of the 8 possible settings for the last part, but you mustn't forget about them, the fourth piece has to be included in the calculation,
      otherwise you had to withdraw all other impossible solutions, that's not the name of the game.
      And you've forgotten about flipping the whole puzzle upside down. Yes, I nearly forgt about rotation symmetry
      My calculation for this is quite nearly the same as yours, assuming the inner frame is a perfect square, rotation and flipping symmetry can be crossed out, it's
      ((4×2)^4 × 4!) ÷ (2×4) = 12288
      the number of permutations you've calculated earlier in your posting.
      If it's an assymetrical frame, it'll be just 8^4×4! = 98304

    • @mcburberry4705
      @mcburberry4705 Před 6 lety

      Additya Si I

    • @isaiahstokes7858
      @isaiahstokes7858 Před 6 lety +1

      Y'all boys out here wildin

  • @Mr.Puzzle
    @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +511

    I just double checked the official solution. You can download it by using the link in the description. The both parts on the top are the same. The lower parts are oriented in a different way. Well, I think there exist at least two solutions that work! By the way, the holes do not have to be aligned! :)

    • @richardmattocks
      @richardmattocks Před 6 lety +11

      Mr.Puzzle thanks for the clarification. I’d have bet good money that the holes were a clue, just shows why I’m not up to your level of puzzle solving :) (love your channel btw) 😊

    • @MrCinnamonWhale
      @MrCinnamonWhale Před 6 lety +49

      There are 98,304 possible combinations.
      4 choices for the first piece used
      3 for the second
      2 for the third
      And only 1 for the last
      Each piece has 8 orientations
      So 32 x 24 x 16 x 8 = 98,304
      2 solutions
      Each solution can be rotated 4 different ways and another 4 for the flipped versions
      Technically there are 16 solutions for math’s sake
      For the number of orientations without using identical, but flipped solutions, take the 8 out of the original equation. 8 being the number of ways you can use the same solution.
      That equals 12,288 unique possibilities with 2 possible solutions.
      It’s still a lot though lol

    • @tirkentube
      @tirkentube Před 6 lety +7

      what in the actual fuck

    • @Botamis
      @Botamis Před 6 lety +3

      I write this with love. It would be better to say "By the way, the holes do not have to be aligned!" Love your videos!

    • @clumsyjester459
      @clumsyjester459 Před 6 lety +4

      @MrCinnamonWhale: Your calculation is correct, but it seems rather error prone to mix orientation and permutation.
      Each piece has 8 orientations -> 8^4
      The pieces have 4! permutations
      Total number: 4! * 8^4
      Now we can ask, whether the frame is a perfect square. In that case, we can always group 8 of those configurations into a class of equivalent cofigurations. This reduces the number of "distinct" configurations by a factor of 8.
      Also, you did not consider the center of the square. For some configurations - especially the shown solution - we can get a case, where two diagonally opposite pieces touch on an edge (the horizontal one in the shown solution). By rotating both pieces slightly we could make them touch with their vertical edges. This should be counted as two distinct configurations. However, I suppose this doesn't occur on all configurations and therefore can't be computed by combinatorics, but instead requires exact knowledge of the pieces' geometry.

  • @Dan0saur
    @Dan0saur Před 6 lety +923

    It's kinda disappointing to see that the pieces (and 'cheese' holes) don't fit exactly. Of course that's not your fault, it's just unsatisfying to watch.

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +169

      If you would have to align the holes the solution would be too easy.
      There would be not too many possibilities.

    • @ok-gs4fz
      @ok-gs4fz Před 6 lety +16

      It probably triggered someone's OCD if they have it

    • @chrisfilley1629
      @chrisfilley1629 Před 6 lety +45

      The corners not being right angles is annoying too. It fits, but it just looks unsatisfying and sloppy.

    • @Dan0saur
      @Dan0saur Před 6 lety +1

      Oh, okay. Thanks for telling (:

    • @GabrieleMBest00
      @GabrieleMBest00 Před 6 lety +24

      ok
      Thats not really what ocd is lol

  • @johnlong2k9
    @johnlong2k9 Před 6 lety +571

    My OCD does not like this puzzle.

    • @FragileBadger
      @FragileBadger Před 6 lety +2

      Set Qesu me toooo

    • @nbshftr
      @nbshftr Před 6 lety +42

      Not everybody has ocd, please stop using the term incorrectly

    • @ChozoSR388
      @ChozoSR388 Před 6 lety +20

      I _don't_ have OCD, and the pieces not fitting in the corners gets my hackles up...

    • @capturingdesign6101
      @capturingdesign6101 Před 6 lety +2

      Its lasercutted

    • @johnlong2k9
      @johnlong2k9 Před 6 lety +8

      Well I do so fuck off.

  • @joselinabueno7142
    @joselinabueno7142 Před 6 lety +323

    I swear I would be the only fool to try and match up the holes. Fantastic video by the way! Always puts a smile on my face when I see your notifications pop up.

    • @joselinabueno7142
      @joselinabueno7142 Před 6 lety +6

      Glad I am not the only one!! :)

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +6

      Wrong approach this time! :P

    • @joselinabueno7142
      @joselinabueno7142 Před 6 lety +1

      Ya I realized really soon that was not going to slide! Right when I got your notification my cat started laying on my chest. It is difficult to type this response .

    • @stumbling
      @stumbling Před 6 lety +3

      Don't be silly, they aren't from the same cheese! :P

    • @jembee491
      @jembee491 Před 6 lety

      Ik I was thinking the same thing

  • @NitschLorand
    @NitschLorand Před 6 lety +61

    Interesting solution - never expected to fit the pieces with more than 90 degrees angle on the corners. :)
    A second solution would be this one: flip every piece upside down and put them inside mirroring the current solution.

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +11

      You are right!!!!

    • @junbh2
      @junbh2 Před 6 lety +1

      To me this is the same solution, though :)

    • @chinareds54
      @chinareds54 Před 6 lety +4

      You're making the assumption that the empty space is a perfect square. Without having the actual game in front of you, you can't be sure if the quadrilateral might be slightly off from a square, just enough to prevent rotation/mirroring.

    • @NitschLorand
      @NitschLorand Před 6 lety +2

      You're right, I never thought about that it isn't a perfect square...

  • @zozzy4630
    @zozzy4630 Před 6 lety +124

    0:32 "And the target of the puzzle is- we need to fit all of these four parts inside of the frames, getting flush with the height of the frame." *Sees solution* wtf

    • @aapjew18
      @aapjew18 Před 6 lety +1

      What's wrong with the solution?

    • @jamiedickinson4079
      @jamiedickinson4079 Před 6 lety +7

      Willem Maas "Flush"

    • @WeavesWorldOFFICIAL
      @WeavesWorldOFFICIAL Před 6 lety +1

      I hear ya. The holes didn't even match up. That surely can't be the solution.

    • @kevinbroussard9184
      @kevinbroussard9184 Před 5 lety +14

      @@WeavesWorldOFFICIAL it isn't the right solution. However, even on the official solution, the holes still don't match up but the edges of the pieces are flush and the pieces are all tilted at the same angle

    • @SnakeTwix
      @SnakeTwix Před 2 lety +2

      @@WeavesWorldOFFICIAL Makimg the holes line up in such a puzzle will make it a lot easier. Those holes were probably never intended to match

  • @NKCubed
    @NKCubed Před 6 lety +512

    You should have made it so one of the corners went into the cheese hole on another piece!

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +61

      This would limit the variants a lot.

    • @trentelliott1795
      @trentelliott1795 Před 6 lety +9

      that would make me cringe so hard

    • @3dpprofessor
      @3dpprofessor Před 6 lety +42

      This is what I was expecting.

    • @traviantist
      @traviantist Před 6 lety +3

      Do you notice where the side holes are ? Middle area, which require the next piece to be in X instead of + (juxtaposed)

    • @real_g0att467
      @real_g0att467 Před 6 lety

      Antichrist, not okay man haha

  • @onesagotoomany
    @onesagotoomany Před 6 lety +82

    12288. 4! = 24 ways of putting the 4 pieces in corners; each piece has 4 rotations x 2 sides (i.e. 4! x 8 x 8 x 8 x 8 = 98304); but ÷ 8 because the frame can be any way up, and is isomorphic under reflection. That's excluding the small rotations needed to solve it, which are continuous, and so make it infinite.

    • @babasemka
      @babasemka Před 6 lety +5

      The frame is symmetrical, you don't need the "4". BTW, 4x8x8x8x8 is not equal to 98304. rip

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +2

      The frame may be isomorphic under reflection, but technically that doesnt change the fact that each orientation of the solution is still a different solution. Technically all the pieces fit and are in different positions relative to you (the viewer) making 8 different solutions. So there are 98,304 set possibilities

    • @juicyboi2923
      @juicyboi2923 Před 6 lety

      The Crafted Warriors that is not true its 65536

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety +7

      @Akai Nishin: Congrats - the most elegant and correct solution. An other way(without dividing by 8) is to assume a specific piece in a specific corner with a specific side up. (3! x 4 x 8 x 8 x 8)

    • @MrSupermarcianito
      @MrSupermarcianito Před 6 lety +2

      In true, there are many mathematicians here. With me there are n + 1. 🙂🙂🙂

  • @chandlergratton1682
    @chandlergratton1682 Před 6 lety +1

    This puzzle is so much more simple than people keep saying... yes it has 4 corners, but that doesn't matter because it's a square, the solution will fit regardless of orientation, or even if you flip it upside down or backwards. You have 8 orientations per piece, and 3 possible patterns (red diagonal from white-orange diagonal from brown, etc). There's 12288 combinations if you don't count rotating the puzzle as a different combination, and most of them can be instantly thrown out if the first two pieces don't fit.

  • @rikkiegieler5638
    @rikkiegieler5638 Před 6 lety +86

    2*4 for the first part (the frame is rotationally symmetrical) the second can be in 1 of the 3 corners left: 2*4*3 the next one in one of the 2 left: 2*4*2 and the last one has to go in the last corner: 2*4. Calculating the product of this gives us 24576 combinations.
    (You could argue that the first can be in one of the four corners to give us 98304 combinations)

    • @davidmallo8815
      @davidmallo8815 Před 6 lety +6

      Rikkie Gieler whaattt !!😂😂😂 you're going mathematical

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 6 lety +6

      I don't think any _exact_ calculation can be made for this puzzle, given the fact (which I suspected from the beginning) that it's solution doesn't involve exact alignments and frame space-filling.

    • @rikkiegieler5638
      @rikkiegieler5638 Před 6 lety +1

      Dries Van heeswijk what do you mean?

    • @SehrGoose
      @SehrGoose Před 6 lety +4

      4 different rotations of the shape and 2 sides. 2*4 = 8. There are 4 pieces which mean you have to do 8*8*8*8 = 4096 different possibilities.
      I have no idea what you are calculating but if you are calculating all the different arrangements, I'm not sure it is correct.
      [EDIT] I am no maths genius. If I am wrong don't take my comment as an insult.

    • @slma0th
      @slma0th Před 6 lety +2

      @Nathan, That's the number i came up with as well.

  • @jeidun
    @jeidun Před 6 lety +128

    Laser-cut wood.....
    FINALLY!

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +10

      😂😂

    • @jeidun
      @jeidun Před 6 lety +1

      Flying Flurrox I also watch William Osman and Peter Sripol

    • @horstgunther9521
      @horstgunther9521 Před 6 lety

      RoastymyToasty yeah great he learned it, but it looks more like plastic ;)

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire Před 4 lety

      Actually doesn't Wintergarten have some lazer cut wood on their MMX?

  • @christymyers4558
    @christymyers4558 Před 6 lety +1

    I just absolutely watch these because listening to him is just ridiculously mesmerizing. Im not one for puzzles per say, but I love watching him dive into solutions and speaking. all he would have to do is talk and I would watch his videos.

  • @icecubegaming3661
    @icecubegaming3661 Před 6 lety +14

    the total combinations are 863,040.
    what I did is like one piece has 2 faces and each face can have 4 orientations , that means each face is equivalent to 8 unique figures, and we have 4 of them, that counts to be 32, now we need to select any four of these 32 to get in the box at a time i.e 32C4 and u can arrange them in themselves too, i.e 32C4*4!, which finally gives the result 863,040

    • @pokemonmaster1799
      @pokemonmaster1799 Před 6 lety

      IceCube Gaming quick maths

    • @kaloan999
      @kaloan999 Před 6 lety +8

      That is incorrect. You are counting impossible ways of placing them due to the fact that WLOG let's consider the first 8 elements the figures of the first piece the 2nd 8 the ones of the second.... the forth. You are including possibilities of selecting more than one of the first, and/or second and/or third and/or fourth group. So that is a lot more than it should be. Correct way would be to pick one of all 32 figures - (32 1) = 32. For the second one we can pick of only 3 remaining groups, i.e. 24 figues - (24 1) = 24 , then (16 1)=16 and (8 1) =8. Now due to the multiplication principle we multiply the results and get 32*24*16*8 = 98304.

    • @kaloan999
      @kaloan999 Před 6 lety +4

      You should multiply by 4! not just 4. Imagine one placement of pieces. Multiplying by 4 is like saying "Hey I can rotate these pieces!" you let the pieces have the same "partners" on their clockwise and counter-clockwise sides (or you could just call it left and right sides). However imagine this. In our original position I switch the upper right one with the lower right one. Now I get a new placement that I did not account for. The multiplication by 4! is something standard for combinatorics as you can imagine each of the places as let's say boxes in a row. If I now ask the question, "In how many ways could I arrange the pieces in the different boxes?" the answer is the rather obvious permutation of 4 elements(or whatever the proper wording would be in English), which is 4!.

  • @AnonYmous-mc5zx
    @AnonYmous-mc5zx Před 6 lety +338

    Nyet! Get the hammer!!

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +13

      Naaahhhhh, no hammers anymore! :D

    • @notdead5458
      @notdead5458 Před 6 lety +2

      Anon Ymous Lol, Russian.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 5 lety

      A real Russian would: 1) Get the vodka, 2) Use the interfering corners as Zakuska, 3) Eat the rest of the puzzle, 4) Get asleep at the table with the Giraffe puzzle. Unsolved, naturally.

  • @kimosaber9937
    @kimosaber9937 Před 6 lety +144

    For the single piece it's 32 different position.....the second piece is 24... The third one is 16.... The forth is 8.... This gives us about 32*24*16*8 which equals 98304 combination

  • @eskimoprime09
    @eskimoprime09 Před 6 lety +1

    A quick 10 second calculation led me to 98,304 combinations:
    First piece has 4 locations, 4 orientations, and 2 flips.
    Second piece would have 3 locations, 4 orientations, 2 flips.
    Third piece has 2 locations, 4 orientations, 2 flips.
    Last piece has 1 location, 4 orientations, 2 flips.
    Simply multiply all them together, right? I'm pretty sure math is good here.

  • @mercymuttt
    @mercymuttt Před 6 lety +4

    I love watching your videos before bed. They’re so relaxing!

  • @jexikavindictive
    @jexikavindictive Před 6 lety +4

    Your videos help my anxiety at night a lot. Thank you so much!

  • @yumivt
    @yumivt Před 6 lety +30

    Can you make a video showing the official solution? It looks cleaner in the PDF.

  • @olligobber
    @olligobber Před 6 lety +1

    Each piece has 8 orientations (4 rotations one way up, 4 the other), and there are 4!=24 ways of positioning the pieces, which gives 98304 arrangements of the pieces. However, rotating an entire arrangement or flipping it yields an identical arrangement, so we counted each arrangement 8 times, so there are 12288 arrangements to check. These could be checked by fixing the orientation (but not position) of a particular piece, and trying all 8x8x8x24 combinations of orientations of the three other pieces, and positions of the 4 pieces.

  • @YvonneWilson312
    @YvonneWilson312 Před 6 lety

    My puzzle from Puzzlemaster arrived at the weekend and I am delighted with it. The quality of its manufacture cannot be over- emphasised - it really is superb. I have not solved it yet and of course I have not watched the portion of this video after the spoiler break! It's a great little finger fidget that's rather more constructive than most and I really love that! Thank you Mr Puzzle!

  • @dafire9634
    @dafire9634 Před 6 lety +27

    ITS YA BOI MR PUZZLE,BACK WITH ANOTHER VIDEO

  • @abhijiths5237
    @abhijiths5237 Před 6 lety +263

    I think the comment section has many mathematicians

    • @MisterHunterRow
      @MisterHunterRow Před 6 lety +1

      I know, right?

    • @vhonbautista7157
      @vhonbautista7157 Před 6 lety +32

      Except for the one comment that I saw talking about the Hammer that solves the puzzle 99.99%. I think he/she is not a mathematician but a Carpenter

    • @razerage1
      @razerage1 Před 6 lety

      We need big syaq

    • @myman8336
      @myman8336 Před 6 lety

      Abhijith S
      They watch Rick and Morty

    • @IVORY123100
      @IVORY123100 Před 6 lety

      LOOOL .. That's right .. Master Carpenter here .. WE spend our time riddling out blueprints and going on Easter Egg Hunts all the time .. Puzzles are part of our job and the solution many times is just smashing it together !! Problem solved !!

  • @dolium-dwarf3417
    @dolium-dwarf3417 Před 6 lety +1

    512 variations (4⁴ for four pieces being able to be put into 4 different positions on one side, then you multiply that by 2,for the pieces having two sides.)

  • @joevitaebella
    @joevitaebella Před 16 dny

    I just purchased this puzzle and I actually found 3 different solutions that work😁

  • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
    @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +9

    Each piece has 8 ways to fit, 4 rotations on the front and 4 on the back. The first piece has 4 places to go. 8*4. The second piece has the same 8 rotations, but now it only has 3 spaces to choose from. 8*3. The third piece has 8 orientations as well, but now only 2 spaces to fit in. 8*2. And finally, the last piece still has 8 possibilities, but only 1 space to go into. 8*1, or just 8. You find yourself with 8((8*4)(8*3)(8*2)), or 8((32)(24)(16)). This leaves you with the final result of 98,304 possibilities. (Trust me, I’m good with math)

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety +4

      @The Crafted Warriors: Why do you write "Trust me, I’m good with math" - what purpose does it have - other than make you look stupid. Your final solution is the same under rotation and flipping, so you need to divide your answer by 8. - giving 12288.

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +1

      I said (trust me) so that all the frickin 5th graders doing 4x4x4x4 can look and understand that I know what I’m talking about and will be more inclined to trust my answer. Also, on a side note, I get what you’re saying with the reply, but even though you may just be rotating one of the possibilities 90 degrees to the right, all the pieces are in a different position in relation to the viewer, so by extension, it is technically a whole different orientation all together. So im sticking with 98,304 :/

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety

      You are correct. -but counting in that way means that there are 8 solutions for each unique way to solve(show me one and I can easily show you seven others).

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety

      Yup.

    • @hugh6025
      @hugh6025 Před 6 lety +4

      "the crafted warriors"
      "fricking"
      ":/"
      "trust me im good with math"

  • @dillondebruv8377
    @dillondebruv8377 Před 2 lety +4

    What type of cheese do you think it is? I’m going with Swiss. If you have different opinions or think that each piece is a different cheese, please let me know.

  • @benth162
    @benth162 Před 6 lety

    I like that you called them by their name Tangram. My father gave me one about 45 years ago made out of Titanium, and the eight pieces could also be turned forward or backward. It is still my treasured keepsake. He died three years ago, but knew of my curiosity as a young man. I like your videos - Thanks !

  • @tygrahof9268
    @tygrahof9268 Před 6 lety

    These kind of puzzles are why I am a contractor; with many wood working tools. It is amazing how easy these puzzles get, when introduced to my chop saw.

    • @deyesed
      @deyesed Před 6 lety

      Tyg Rahof it's also amazing how easily you can rob yourself of the thrill of overcoming a challenge.

  • @miriion
    @miriion Před 2 lety +4

    I’m no mathematician, but I think there is more than one solution.

  • @slonth
    @slonth Před 6 lety +50

    Peal the stickers off and stick em back on in the right place

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Před 6 lety

      Seth Likes Things Or break the corners out of the frame and reassemble the puzzle.

    • @4jspa286
      @4jspa286 Před 6 lety +5

      Seth Likes Things this ain't a rubiks cube

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire Před 4 lety +1

      but when people do that the stickers get all gross and messy Ewwww D:

    • @trishabayley6669
      @trishabayley6669 Před 2 lety

      @@4jspa286 ahhh rubiks cheese

    • @4jspa286
      @4jspa286 Před 2 lety

      @@trishabayley6669 lmao

  • @ericisawesome476
    @ericisawesome476 Před 6 lety

    If my logic is correct: each piece has 8 possible orientations (4 edges * 2 sides). There are 4 total pieces, which means you can have 8^4 = 4096 sets of orientations for a given order of pieces, of which there are 4! = 24 permutations of unique orderings, resulting in 4096 orientation combinations per permutation * 24 permutations = 98304 possible outcomes

  • @evlredsun
    @evlredsun Před 4 lety +1

    each piece has 8 orientations and 4 possible positions so we get (8^4)*3!/2=12,288 possible unique solutions.
    it is not 4! because that would include rotational symmetry, and it is divided by 2 for flipped symmetry.
    this also assumes that the frame is perfectly square. if it is not, then... good luck on your 98,304 choices. hopefully there is more than 1 unique solution

  • @steeqhen
    @steeqhen Před 6 lety +141

    Are you sure that's the right solution? the pieces seem like they fit on accident

    • @ArtemGlue
      @ArtemGlue Před 6 lety +60

      Sten Mashups I think that's the point, it's what makes the puzzle more difficult, you wouldn't think to put the pieces in that way.

    • @richardmattocks
      @richardmattocks Před 6 lety +23

      Sten Mashups id have thought the orientation of the holes was part of the puzzle. I think there must be a more elegant solution but I can’t deny the one shown does work! :)

    • @blargo
      @blargo Před 6 lety +21

      Puzzles like this where you have to force a piece through a choke point are pretty unsatisfying. You can see in the final shot of the assembled puzzle some of the piece corners are starting to chip out from the rough handling required to coax them into position.

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 6 lety +6

      Blargo
      They are satisfying to me because they represent what is best in a _perplexing_ puzzle, they defeat the mind's propensity for finding solutions based on assumptions of platonically ideal elements that need nothing more extracting the optimum from permutations of rotations by some explicit or intuitive application of algorithms.
      No, the pieces have to be actually handled and played with and fiddled with. You cannot eyeball the solution. Unfortunately, it means the video is also useless until you actually _do_ look at the solution, unless you have the puzzle yourself.

    • @Tahgtahv
      @Tahgtahv Před 6 lety +6

      Until he got to the end, I was SURE the solution was going to require some corner of a piece going in the indentation of a cheese hole.

  • @petrescuework-difficultcas6581

    When he said "The pieces are made of..." I would have loved to hear "cheese"

  • @atlachanacha
    @atlachanacha Před 5 lety

    Possible (unique) placements; 12288:
    1) In one corner, you can place 1 piece in 4 different rotations. Then you can flip it, and have 4 new rotations. 8 total possibilities so far.
    2) You can place that 1st piece in one of the 4 corners, in one of the 8 ways. 4*8=32 possibilities for 1st piece.
    3) You can place second piece in one of the reminding 3 corners, in one of the 8 ways. 3*8=24 possibilities for 2nd piece.
    4) Going by this, piece 3 can be placed 16 ways, and reminding one only 8 ways. 32*24*16*8=98304 possible (total) solutions
    5) some of the solutions are actually similar, because like with the 1 piece, you can have solution to be rotated in 4 different rotations. Then you can flip it, and have 4 new rotations.
    -Giving total of 8 repetition for each solution.
    6)98304/8=12288

  • @scott110699
    @scott110699 Před 6 lety +1

    Total number of options is 98304, though very few of those would be solutions
    2 sides * 4 rotations * n pieces left, n starts at 4 and reduces by one for each piece put in place=
    2*4*4 * 2*4*3 * 2*4*2 * 2*4*1 = (8^4)*(4!) = 98304

  • @alicecroquette9876
    @alicecroquette9876 Před 6 lety +6

    not OCD friendly puzzle indeed.
    it grind you so hard

    • @checkmate2489
      @checkmate2489 Před 5 lety +5

      Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a DISORDER, not a quirky personality trait or a slight annoyance, not an adjective or perfectionism. It can severely affect someone's life and it's not something you should use to describe being annoyed because puzzle pieces don't fit in the corners perfectly. Take mental health and obsessive-compulsive disorder seriously, for the people who actually were diagnosed with the illness.

  • @ohgod_itstoast
    @ohgod_itstoast Před 6 lety +10

    There's at least 2 variations

    • @umnikos
      @umnikos Před 6 lety +10

      Michael Morris True mathematician right here

    • @RoderickEtheria
      @RoderickEtheria Před 6 lety +2

      If the setting is actually a square, there are at least 8 solutions.

  • @avisian8063
    @avisian8063 Před 6 lety

    I am seeing loads of different calculations. Would very much like to know which is true.
    This is my working out:
    There are 24 possible ways you can order 4 pieces. I.E. 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 or 4!
    Each piece has 8 possible rotations.
    8^4 possible rotation states (4096) but if you think about it the problem is symmetric. If I solved it then glued the pieces together and flipped them over it would still fit. In fact because it's a square you can rotate the newly glued piece in 8 permutations and it would fit. 4096 ÷ 8 = 512.
    So you have 24 ways to arrange the pieces and 512 possible ways they can be rotated.
    24 * 512 = 12,288

  • @kaylen2099
    @kaylen2099 Před 6 lety

    i love your videos so much i hope you make many more!

  • @davesstuff1599
    @davesstuff1599 Před 6 lety +6

    It looked huge till you put your hands around it. Lol

  • @0hate9
    @0hate9 Před 6 lety +4

    There are 80 possible solutions (4 sides, top and bottom, and then 4 possible locations for the first piece, 3 for the second, 2 for the third, and 1 for the last).
    EDIT: It's actually even fewer than that because the above calculation includes rotated versions of solutions, which one would likely not need to try if the frame is a proper square.

    • @tagged123
      @tagged123 Před 6 lety +2

      you are adding though 32+24+16+8, it's actually 32*24*16*8 :)

  • @willmorton8006
    @willmorton8006 Před 4 lety

    I made this puzzle in my DT (woodwork, it might even be called something else where you're from) class when I was 14. You shouldn't need to jam anything in, and the trick is to ignore the holes altogether.

  • @RylanBones1
    @RylanBones1 Před 4 lety

    There are 4 parts, each with 8 orientations: being face up or face down in any of four corners, this is for the first piece of the puzzle, after which we move to the second piece, which now has six orientations: face up or down in any of the remaining three corners. Third piece has four orientations and the last piece has two, accordingly.
    Put in an equation, x=(4(8)3(8)2(8)8)*(3(6)2(6)6)*(2(4)^2)*2, where X is the total number of possible unique combinations if order of placement matters, supposing all pieces fit correctly.
    That mess reduces down to 8,152,726,976. That's super high, but again, that is assuming the order matters AND all the pieces fit, both of which drastically increase the number of possible solutions.

  • @illogicalbear6200
    @illogicalbear6200 Před 6 lety +7

    4 rotations, on two side orientations, in four different corners, for all four pieces that's 128 possible variations, many of which you will probably repeat, as they aren't exactly the easiest to keep track of. Any other factors I missed? Let me know and I'll update and edit.

    • @user-jh3kz7dp2z
      @user-jh3kz7dp2z Před 6 lety +1

      can't there be more than 4 rotations?

    • @blue_tetris
      @blue_tetris Před 6 lety +1

      You can't have any one piece in the same position. So even though there are four corners, it would be impossible to put more than one piece in a corner. You need to use combinatorics to calculate the answer.

    • @tpfarr6146
      @tpfarr6146 Před 6 lety +1

      Brian Halphin I

    • @szefron
      @szefron Před 6 lety +1

      Ok so you can always fit at least 3 and there's only one combination when you can fit 4.
      2 rotations on 1 side, 4 corners, 3 pieces and 2 sides. 2x4x3x2 = 48
      48 + 1 combination when you can fit all = 49.
      This is the logic calculation. If i did something wrong, tell me :P

    • @szefron
      @szefron Před 6 lety +1

      Aaa edit. I forgot it doesn't need to be set in 90 degree angle.
      so it's 4 rotations instead of 2
      4x4x3x2 = 96
      96+1 = 97

  • @bubba7578
    @bubba7578 Před 6 lety +6

    This isnt club penguin

    • @kenzo8096
      @kenzo8096 Před 6 lety +1

      Nothing is club penguin anymore

  • @quintopia
    @quintopia Před 6 lety

    It's clear those pieces have to go in corners, and there are clearly 8 solutions, so the first piece can go in any corner on either side. It does have to be rotated the right way though. So each solution is 1 of 4*24*16*8=512*24=2048+10240=12288 "reasonable" configurations that have the same upper left corner on the same side. Multiply by 8 to get the total number of "reasonable" configurations (including all 8 solutions).

  • @kyleguajardo
    @kyleguajardo Před 6 lety

    Wow, thanks youtube for bringing me to this channel. You're really cool Mr. Puzzle!

  • @holtz6685
    @holtz6685 Před 6 lety +36

    Mehr deutsch kann man kaum englisch sprechen😂 fire ich

  • @raszop
    @raszop Před 6 lety +74

    I guess this is not right solution

    • @bzerkie3393
      @bzerkie3393 Před 6 lety +6

      raszop
      I thought that. It doesn't look right

    • @vorname_6856
      @vorname_6856 Před 6 lety

      raszop Your Pic is on my old school bag

    • @junbh2
      @junbh2 Před 6 lety +33

      +BzERK IE That's on purpose, I think, to make the puzzle harder. Because you will keep trying and trying to make the corners 'fit' the frame, and make all the edges meet. But the total area of the pieces is smaller than the area in the frame, so there must be gaps. The puzzle makers put the gaps in places you don't expect, to confuse you.

    • @seppstarthebest
      @seppstarthebest Před 6 lety

      actually this would have been my first approach, too - look for rectangular corners in the pieces and dismiss all other positions... just to find out... one eternity later... that it is probably impossible to find a solution then ;)

  • @patrickwienhoft7987
    @patrickwienhoft7987 Před 6 lety +2

    3! * (2*4)^4 = 24576 possibilities
    w.l.o.g. assume the red part is on the top left (so we don't have to deal with rotations)
    3! = 6 possibilities to arrange the other 3 parts
    each part has 2 sides and 4 orientations => 8 ways to put it
    those 8 ways can be applied seperately to all 4 pieces

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety

      Almost correct. The correct answer is half. You can wlog assume that the red part also has a specific side up. -OR you can divide by two in the end because the puzzle can be turned bottom up(still with red part in top left).

  • @kalloused
    @kalloused Před 6 lety +1

    This puzzle would have drove me nuts because I would have expected a perfectly fit puzzle with matching pieces and holes. I wouldn't ever had settled for a soultion like this.

  • @PazuChill
    @PazuChill Před 6 lety +8

    I'd guess it's 32*24*16*8 combinations, so 98304. But I'm no mathematician, so it's probably horribly wrong lol.

    • @-bbzbdo5984
      @-bbzbdo5984 Před 6 lety +1

      ZGoten it would be 4*4*4*2
      Four pieces
      Four corners
      For rotations
      Two sides

    • @PazuChill
      @PazuChill Před 6 lety +3

      I don't think that's true. Once the first piece is set, you have only 3 corners for the next piece, then only 2, then only 1.

    • @-bbzbdo5984
      @-bbzbdo5984 Před 6 lety +2

      ZGoten that makes sense

    • @kimosaber9937
      @kimosaber9937 Před 6 lety +1

      98304 is right....i agree with you

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety +1

      -and then divide by 8 because the final puzzle can be turned and flipped. Giving 12288.

  • @nono2299
    @nono2299 Před 6 lety +177

    that puzzle is not so hard!

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +27

      Therefore it's only a 3/5.

    • @sez9939
      @sez9939 Před 6 lety

      NoNo DaEnie .

    • @111455
      @111455 Před 6 lety +3

      we should see him solve life, iv'e barely got the first couple pieces in place ( i think)

    • @TheVampire120
      @TheVampire120 Před 6 lety +1

      NoNo DaEnie yes, is wood no metal

    • @nono2299
      @nono2299 Před 6 lety

      +Mr. Puzzle, 3/5? No dude, this is more like 1/10... even a child can solve it just by attempts and accuracy method!

  • @stumbling
    @stumbling Před 6 lety +2

    The total number of possible arrangements of the pieces = 2^4 * 4^4 * 3!
    = 4^2 * 4^4 * 3 * 2 * 1
    = 4^6 * 6
    = 24 576.
    Explanation: Where does 2^4 come from? Each piece can be flipped one way or the other, so with two possible sides for each of the four pieces that gives 2^4 combinations of flipped pieces.
    What about the 4^4? This is for the rotation of the pieces. Each piece has four sides, so each has four rotations that changes how the sides align with the other pieces.
    The 3! is not just an excited 3, the exclamation mark is used in mathematics to represent a "factorial" this means multiplying a number by every integer less than it and greater than 0; in this case 3! = 3 * 2 * 1 = 6. Okay so why use factorial and why 3? It is 3 because the first piece can go anywhere, the frame is symmetrical so it doesn't matter which corner we start in, what matters is how the remaining 3 pieces relate to the first. Why factorial? The factorial of a number n gives us the number of permutations of a set of n objects; try it yourself with 2, 3, 4, 5 for example, pretty amazing.
    Finally we take the product of these three values because for each combination of flips we can have all possible rotations and all possible positions, and vice versa.

    • @stumbling
      @stumbling Před 6 lety

      I think maybe divide this by 2 is correct because that relates to flipping the entire puzzle over which changes nothing about the relative positions and orientations.

    • @tagged123
      @tagged123 Před 6 lety

      Why not 4! ? Since there are 4 corners?

    • @stumbling
      @stumbling Před 6 lety

      tom smith I allowed the first piece to start in any corner. That is the same as rotating the whole puzzle.

    • @ohyeah3036
      @ohyeah3036 Před 6 lety

      Remember, the amount of pieces is 4, so you square it as one piece could stay the same with 4 different combinations of the others and then times your answer by 4 again, as the same thing could happen just with different positions. 4 squared = 16. 16×4=64. If you add the rotations, every piece can rotate 4 times. At the beginning of my comment the first piece that was squared could be different, therefore different rotations. You would times 64 by 32. 64×32= 2048. 2048 is the maximum combination

  • @futurefox128
    @futurefox128 Před 6 lety

    There are 4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24 possible positions, without considering orientation yet. There are 8 orientations (4 directions and their reflections) for each piece, so for 4 pieces there are 8^4 possibilities.
    So the solution is 4! * 8^4 = 98304 combinations.

  • @prsm3
    @prsm3 Před 6 lety +47

    I am from germany

  • @chloegriffin6369
    @chloegriffin6369 Před 6 lety +7

    256 different ways to solve it

  • @grimpa98
    @grimpa98 Před 6 lety

    I love how every doesnt realize alles käse directly translates to everything cheese in english i love the vids keep up the amazing work

  • @muskyoxes
    @muskyoxes Před 3 lety +1

    how could this not be called "who moved my cheese"?

  • @TheBlueberryymuffin
    @TheBlueberryymuffin Před 5 lety +3

    IT’S WOOD?! 😱I wished I knew that before I made my mom a sandwich. 😭

  • @jaggns5774
    @jaggns5774 Před 6 lety +7

    Ob des jetzt Alles käse heißt oder Des macht kein Sinn, is mir doch Wurscht.

  • @bpic9717
    @bpic9717 Před 6 lety

    to be true I just love see you solving it.

  • @JamesSpeiser
    @JamesSpeiser Před 3 lety

    surprisingly counterintuitive from first appearance! great job

  • @totalytaco3715
    @totalytaco3715 Před 6 lety +3

    my calculations say 192 different possible combinations

    • @saopy
      @saopy Před 6 lety +1

      1048576

    • @totalytaco3715
      @totalytaco3715 Před 6 lety

      how'd you get that?

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +5

      Not exactly correct. Each piece has 8 ways to fit, 4 rotations on the front and. 4 on the back. The first piece has 4 places to go. 8*4. The second piece has the same 8 rotations, but now it only has 3 spaces to choose from. 8*3. The third piece has 8 orientations as well, but now only 2 spaces to fit in. 8*2. And finally, the last piece still has 8 possibilities, but only 1 space to go into. 8*1, or just 8. You find yourself with 8((8*4)(8*3)(8*2)), or 8((32)(24)(16)). This leaves you with the final result of 98,304 possibilities. (Trust me, I’m good with math)

    • @micky2be
      @micky2be Před 6 lety +3

      Technically the first piece has only 1 place to go. And only 1 face. The frame is a square, all places are the same. One face or the other will only dictate which face the other pieces need to be placed.
      So only rotation count for the first piece, therefore only 4 possibilities.
      For the other pieces you can apply your logic

    • @sillychinas
      @sillychinas Před 6 lety

      The Crafted Warriors forgot about the isomorphisms between the two. For any orientation, there are 7 others exactly like it (pieces in rotated corners and also everything mirrored) This makes for that number divided by 8

  • @comuteamrgb
    @comuteamrgb Před 6 lety +7

    80 ways i calculated

  • @ooFVenomous
    @ooFVenomous Před 6 lety

    I calculated a total of 64 options for all the pieces in the puzzle.
    4 (cheese slices) X 4 (Rotations) X 4 (Spots to put 1 slice of cheese)

    • @offenherz
      @offenherz Před 5 lety

      You have 8 possible rotations actually, becaus you can turn the part upside down. That´s a total of 128 possible options.

  • @Spoif
    @Spoif Před 6 lety

    Mr Puzzle. I would probably have spent time trying to solve this with right angle pieces in the corners. It's an odd solution and clever puzzle.

  • @K_amonger
    @K_amonger Před 6 lety +6

    I dont speak japanese
    True story

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +1

      I guess there are a lot of people who do not speak Japanese.

  • @chrischiampo8106
    @chrischiampo8106 Před 6 lety +12

    Yes Another Ding At Lunchtime 😮😮😮😀👨🏼‍🔧👩🏻‍🔧 It’s Mr Puzzle Uploaded a New Amazing Video Yesssss Me n The Mrs Love Your Puzzling Puzzles Mr Puzzle 😀😮😅👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thumbs Up Thanks Again Happy Puzzling 😀😀👩🏻‍🔧👨🏼‍🔧

    • @dankmemerino1473
      @dankmemerino1473 Před 6 lety +5

      The hell?

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +3

      Yeah! Enjoy your Friday puzzling lunch break!
      Regards to both of you!

    • @chrischiampo8106
      @chrischiampo8106 Před 6 lety

      Mr.Puzzle Thank You 😀👩🏻‍🔧👨🏼‍🔧

    • @Brandonator365
      @Brandonator365 Před 6 lety +1

      Sebastian Leaf we have spotted a normie

    • @oliviatilleman8055
      @oliviatilleman8055 Před 6 lety +1

      Please use correct capitalization... also, you don't need that many emojis. Sorry, it just... really bugs me.

  • @gabrielwilliams9093
    @gabrielwilliams9093 Před 6 lety

    Combination totals can be found using probability with three factors: the piece, the rotation, and the place. You would start with 4 x 4 x 4 which is 64. Then, you would have 3 x 4 x 3, 2 x 4 x 2, and 1 x 4 x 1. This all adds up to 64 x 36 x 16 x 4 which is 147,456 outcomes in all

  • @Krebzonide
    @Krebzonide Před 6 lety +1

    The total possible solutions would be 8^4 * 3 * 2 which would be just under 25,000.

  • @deans6571
    @deans6571 Před 6 lety +36

    Sorry but this is NOT the correct solution. Surely all the holes on the sides of the pieces of 'cheese' need to align up?

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety +19

      No, this is not part pf the solution.

    • @ralu9433
      @ralu9433 Před 6 lety +25

      Theyre different cheeses, not one goant multicolored cheese

    • @msscoventry
      @msscoventry Před 6 lety +9

      That would make it too easy

    • @NoahHornberger
      @NoahHornberger Před 6 lety +17

      If you look at the holes, you will quickly notice that the cheese holes are all different sizes, and the positions don't match. They are a detail added for confusion, the make the puzzle more difficult.

  • @kyllerkyrby
    @kyllerkyrby Před 6 lety +27

    8 (possibilities for the first piece) x 6 (for the second...) x 4 (for the third) x 2 (for the last) = 384

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 6 lety +5

      These are simplistic possibilities that ignore the (graduated) _horizontal_ and (miniscule, and graduated rotational) translations that are both possible, and actually _necessary_ for the solution.

    • @patrickwienhoft7987
      @patrickwienhoft7987 Před 6 lety +2

      This is only true if you don't consider that you can rotate each piece by 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
      Additionally, you need to divide by 4 at the end, because you can rotate the whole frame to turn one configuration into another, therefore counting every configuration 4 times

    • @totalytaco3715
      @totalytaco3715 Před 6 lety +2

      nonono. Each piece can be arranged in a corner in 8 ways (2 for flipping the piece, 4 for rotation), so in each corner you have 8 possibilities. Firstly, there are 4 possibilities, so we multiply by four to account for all of them (2*4*4) then there are 3 possibilities so we have to multiply by 3 and so on. The last expression can be simplified to 4!.
      there are 2*4*4! or 192 different possibilities

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +2

      Each piece has 8 ways to fit, 4 rotations on the front and. 4 on the back. The first piece has 4 places to go. 8*4. The second piece has the same 8 rotations, but now it only has 3 spaces to choose from. 8*3. The third piece has 8 orientations as well, but now only 2 spaces to fit in. 8*2. And finally, the last piece still has 8 possibilities, but only 1 space to go into. 8*1, or just 8. You find yourself with 8((8*4)(8*3)(8*2)), or 8((32)(24)(16)). This leaves you with the final result of 98,304 possibilities. (Trust me, I’m good with math)

    • @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One
      @HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One Před 6 lety +2

      No offense, but thats completely wrong. Each piece has 8 ways to fit, 4 rotations on the front and. 4 on the back. The first piece has 4 places to go. 8*4. The second piece has the same 8 rotations, but now it only has 3 spaces to choose from. 8*3. The third piece has 8 orientations as well, but now only 2 spaces to fit in. 8*2. And finally, the last piece still has 8 possibilities, but only 1 space to go into. 8*1, or just 8. You find yourself with 8((8*4)(8*3)(8*2)), or 8((32)(24)(16)). This leaves you with the final result of 98,304 possibilities. (Trust me, I’m good with math)

  • @gabehennessy-oreilly1177

    8 orientations for each piece (4 rotations facing 'up' and 4 facing 'down), so 8^4. Then we have 4 possible locations for the 1st piece, 3 for the second, 2 for the 3rd and 1 for the last (i.e. 4! arrangements). Multiplying all of the orientations by all of the arrangements, we get
    (8^4)*(4!) = 98,304.
    So there are 98,304 possible ways to insert the pieces.

    • @hpekristiansen
      @hpekristiansen Před 6 lety

      The final solve puzzle can be turned and flipped and still be the same - you need to divide by 8 in the end.

    • @gabehennessy-oreilly1177
      @gabehennessy-oreilly1177 Před 6 lety

      Yeah thats true, however im not accounting for any cases like that here. Im only accounting for the possible arrangements, not the unique ones

  • @bubba_supreme1128
    @bubba_supreme1128 Před 6 lety

    My Math
    (cab) x (dab) x (eab) x (fab)
    a = sides on each piece(you can flip one piece over to make the reverse of a piece)
    b = orientation in each corner(four ways to orient each piece on one side)
    c,d,e,f = corners left to put pieces in (on the board)
    (¼ x ½ x ¼)(⅓ x ½ x ¼)(½ x ½ x ¼)(½ x ¼)
    (1/32)(1/24)(1/16)(1/8)
    (1/768)(1/128)
    1/98,304

  • @jonni2734
    @jonni2734 Před 6 lety +1

    really strange but interesting solution.
    Good video!

  • @CorpCoCEO
    @CorpCoCEO Před 6 lety +1

    The first corner could have 1 of any 4 pieces, in 1 of 2 directions in 1 of 4 rotations, making 32 potential combinations for the first corner. The second corner is the same with only 3 pieces, making 24, and the third corner has 16, then 8. Making in total, over 98,000 combinations!

  • @mars42069
    @mars42069 Před 6 lety

    Hell yea, my boi Mr. Puzzle, back at it again

  • @SiamMandalayWoodenPuzzles

    Looks like a great puzzle!

  • @wisnuhn
    @wisnuhn Před 6 lety

    satisfying video as always :)

  • @bryanroland9402
    @bryanroland9402 Před 6 lety

    Each piece can rotated through four different orientations and another four with the piece flipped over. 8 to the power of four gives 4096, the total of possible orientations of the individual pieces. Then consider all the possible arrangements of the four pieces. 4 factorial, ie 1 times 2 times 3 times 4, gives 24 possible arrangements. 4096 times 24 = 98304 as the total number of ways to configure the puzzle. The correct configuration can be rotated in the square frame and also flipped over and rotated so 8 of the 98304 possibilities would be solutions.

  • @loneaxolotl
    @loneaxolotl Před 5 lety

    I like how you said "Siebenstein Spiele". Really cool puzzle, man!

  • @shappp1
    @shappp1 Před 6 lety

    step 1: smash all pieces WITH HAMMER (very important)
    step 2: put them in
    step 3: show parents how good you are at solving puzzles

  • @cillo71
    @cillo71 Před 6 lety

    Total combinations : 4x3x2x (4^4)*(2^4)= 98304 (for 4 squares of course)

  • @xenaguy01
    @xenaguy01 Před 4 lety

    The number of variants is exactly 8. That puts each niece in each of the four corners, plus those same corners inverted.

  • @shanejohns7901
    @shanejohns7901 Před 2 lety

    Looks like 7 90 degree angles on the pieces, which is actually 14 if you consider the flip-sides. They actually only use 2 of them in the corners. The other two corners are filled by pieces that are not 90 degrees in their respective corners. And that's what makes this one difficult, IMHO. Also -- if you found this one solution, then logic dictates that there is another solution that is essentially the backside of all those 4 pieces in the same positions.

  • @kipperkell
    @kipperkell Před 6 lety +1

    am I the only one who got goosebumps each time he would touch all four corners of the frame and center it?

    • @Mr.Puzzle
      @Mr.Puzzle  Před 6 lety

      This sounds soooo strange! :D

  • @Martin-se3ij
    @Martin-se3ij Před 3 lety +1

    I find they all fit in if you stack them on top of one another.

  • @lollllloro
    @lollllloro Před 6 lety +1

    I do not have the puzzle here, but from the face of it, it would seem that your solution would fit more easily rotated 90° counter clockwise, as the lengths of the sides of the frame seem to differ: top is the longest and right the shortest.

  • @quitefranklybb
    @quitefranklybb Před 6 lety +1

    Quite clever!

  • @Auieist
    @Auieist Před 6 lety

    thank you for your videos, we ennjoy them very much

  • @fizixx
    @fizixx Před 6 lety

    The thing that would confuse me initially is that the pieces don't fit exactly in the corners! Very clever!

  • @NoahHornberger
    @NoahHornberger Před 6 lety

    Before doing math: The number of total combinations of the 4 elements does not matter, because many of the 2 piece combinations would not fit. Say there are 2 pieces that you are assuming would fit, in math you are pretending those pieces are fit and then calculating the permutations of the 3rd and 4th pieces. But the starting state is sometimes not possible, meaning all the rest of the permutations of that combination would never be attempted. So calculating total possibility is not related much to solving the problem. If there is 1 solution, then it can be arranged 2 ways, forwards or backwards. The rotational position of the solution has no measurable meaning to the frame, so there are not 16 solutions, there are only 2, presuming the parts fit in 1 arrangement. 2 solutions is because if you are working on the flipped solution, you are working on a distinctly different layout, while if you are doing a rotation of the solution, it is the same solution on the table.

  • @gregeryhitchcock2338
    @gregeryhitchcock2338 Před 6 lety

    Of the 192 possible positions, There should be 2 solutions. Since the frame is square Pieces flipped upside down, should also work, unless they have beveled edges maybe.

  • @KazLordOfLightWarriors

    I probably did the math horribly wrong because it's 1AM and I did it very quickly, but here's what I got
    4X3X2 for the piece orientation
    X4^4 for the rotational orientation
    X2^4 for if the piece is upside down or not
    /4 for rotational symmetry
    For a total of 24,576 combinations