Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr

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  • čas přidán 30. 11. 2016
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    Professor Fukanō, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There’s just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other planes to help. Can you help the professor fly for the whole trip and achieve his dream, without anyone running out of fuel and crashing? Judd A. Schorr shows how.
    Lesson by Judd A. Schorr, animation by Artrake Studio.

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  • @juliannevogt8325
    @juliannevogt8325 Před 4 lety +6574

    “The professor probably could have designed the plane to hold more fuel, but where’s the fun in that?”
    Me: NOT DYING

  • @MatthewNJDavis
    @MatthewNJDavis Před 6 lety +5940

    For anyone wondering, Fukanō (Fukanou) means "impossible" in Japanese.

    • @glowstonelovepad9294
      @glowstonelovepad9294 Před 5 lety +41

      What I was saying

    • @coin2039
      @coin2039 Před 5 lety +123

      No one was wondering

    • @mochiattoart514
      @mochiattoart514 Před 5 lety +27

      I was about to comment that 😂😂😂

    • @haseenashaik7072
      @haseenashaik7072 Před 5 lety +5

      😮

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 Před 5 lety +95

      Do the other two mean anything? Google Translate says Fugori is falsehood and Orokana just comes back as Orokana. I know it works pretty well, but I’d trust someone with personal knowledge over the program.

  • @nate_storm
    @nate_storm Před 3 lety +1076

    he doesn’t even need to fly around the earth nonstop, being able to make a plane that goes over 5 times the speed of sound is impressive enough

    • @starrydoessomething
      @starrydoessomething Před rokem +23

      this comment is severely underrated

    • @koopatroopa7968
      @koopatroopa7968 Před rokem +46

      Fukano. *builds a revolutionary supersonic airplane*
      Also Fukano: M O R E !

    • @obiwanfisher537
      @obiwanfisher537 Před rokem +25

      And being able to dock a fuel nozzle midflight at that speed instantaneously too!

    • @crow2464
      @crow2464 Před 9 měsíci +10

      actually, the real world X-15 goes at mach 5.93 making it almost 1 speed of sound faster

    • @averagemicrosoftpaintenjoy7115
      @averagemicrosoftpaintenjoy7115 Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@crow2464how much fuel does that consume?

  • @ericfleet9602
    @ericfleet9602 Před 3 lety +5133

    Me: Hears first part of puzzle.
    Me: This is easy
    Narrator: Fugori and Orokana cannot crash
    Me: damn, there goes my strategy

    • @sabereagle9277
      @sabereagle9277 Před 3 lety +172

      What was your strategy?
      Just curious

    • @ericfleet9602
      @ericfleet9602 Před 3 lety +474

      @@sabereagle9277 Originally, it was very easy... you just have Fugori follow the first plane and give all of its fuel once it has the same amount remaining as the first plane has empty capacity. Of course this means Fugori crashes and dies. Orokana does similar but the opposite way around the world and with a pause to wait for the right time.
      This doesn't work when Fugori and Orokana have to survive :) Though, the answer is somewhat similar.

    • @sabereagle9277
      @sabereagle9277 Před 3 lety +38

      @@ericfleet9602 oh okay

    • @Iggybart05
      @Iggybart05 Před 3 lety +399

      "some of you are probably going to die, but that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make" lol

    • @alexmun7391
      @alexmun7391 Před 3 lety +95

      @@Iggybart05 idk man, i still think that Fugori and Orokana are disposable...

  • @jasperlane591
    @jasperlane591 Před 7 lety +4178

    I GOT IT A FIGURED IT OUT!!!! Wait all three have to survive? Dammit

  • @zasfp
    @zasfp Před 7 lety +2148

    I just had orokani give all her fuel to the prof. RIP orokani she took one for the team

  • @righto7209
    @righto7209 Před 5 lety +3207

    Viewers: ok
    Flat earthers: REEEEEE

    • @Ripurlife
      @Ripurlife Před 5 lety +50

      Flat earthers are people who don't go to space even once so they still believe about what the 16th's believes (They do have claims, but they don't know the world is too big to their claims).

    • @PrincessAshley12
      @PrincessAshley12 Před 5 lety +70

      @@Ripurlife they don't have proofs, they have claims

    • @walletherobot4424
      @walletherobot4424 Před 4 lety +5

      @BG - 11ZZ - Port Credit SS (2272) ouch! Wonder how the landing went though

    • @annye783
      @annye783 Před 4 lety +2

      365 likes.

    • @BappO-is-me
      @BappO-is-me Před 4 lety +4

      BG - 11KM - Port Credit SS (2272) he was building his own rockets? As in rocket ships? Was he alone building these first of all?

  • @GTron13
    @GTron13 Před 4 lety +2222

    I just realized. In order for the professor to travel around the globe at 1 degree longitude per minute, he'd be travelling roughly 4,150 miles per hour!

    • @unepintade
      @unepintade Před 4 lety +70

      Well at exactly 3600 nm/h

    • @edwardmeza747
      @edwardmeza747 Před 4 lety +196

      probably faster, as that is assuming he is literally dragging his plane on the water the whole time. any elevation above sea level increases the circumference of his journey, thus he must increase his speed to maintain the 1 degree per minute.

    • @ilikebeans3821
      @ilikebeans3821 Před 4 lety +56

      *sniff sniff * smell that? A NERD

    • @ilikebeans3821
      @ilikebeans3821 Před 4 lety +13

      @Joseph ONI it's a joke chill

    • @ilikebeans3821
      @ilikebeans3821 Před 4 lety +28

      @Joseph ONI well dont take offense. Dont let it bug you. And if you are one, then embrace it. Live your life, and love every minute of it. God bless

  • @user-gk1vc5ic6j
    @user-gk1vc5ic6j Před 7 lety +1135

    Fuck dude I didn't think they were allowed to refuel

  • @elluvitesmith9137
    @elluvitesmith9137 Před 7 lety +781

    when professor realizes his favourate album takes fuel

  • @jayjem8295
    @jayjem8295 Před 5 lety +746

    "now all we need to do is make the lunch not fly everywhere"
    what you need to do is make it so that passengers don't instantly die from the g force of turning around

    • @soso3792
      @soso3792 Před 3 lety +53

      Imagine going from a velocity of 4150mph to -4150mph in a split second

    • @c0smic_eve
      @c0smic_eve Před 3 lety +66

      @@soso3792 fun fact: if the plane weighs 0.5 kg or higher the force exerted to turn the plane that fast is enough force to break the human femur which is the bodies strongest bone, so all of your bones would instantly break and you would almost definitely immediately die

    • @dancostello4872
      @dancostello4872 Před 2 lety +10

      @@c0smic_eve "fun" fact indeed lmao

    • @aliatakucuk758
      @aliatakucuk758 Před 2 lety +3

      @@c0smic_eve And, this is how you see if someone is crazy, have so much free time, a genious or them together.

    • @Jarelk
      @Jarelk Před 2 lety +2

      @@c0smic_eve This makes no sense, the mass of the plane has nothing to do with the force applied to your body during such a turn

  • @AndyHappyGuy
    @AndyHappyGuy Před 4 lety +1824

    Alt Solution 1: beg and bribe another airport for permission.
    Alt Solution 2: stop being so ambitious and make a larger fuel tank.

    • @---kp1hm
      @---kp1hm Před 4 lety +5

      AndyHappyGuy maybe it’s a riddle? Hmm idk man tho

    • @skelapi7723
      @skelapi7723 Před 4 lety +29

      -- I would want more fuel
      because I dont want to die

    • @sinnerthesinful552
      @sinnerthesinful552 Před 4 lety +39

      @@skelapi7723 and where's the fun in that?

    • @zhipeizhou5582
      @zhipeizhou5582 Před 4 lety +25

      Alt solution 3: use the solution BUT say fukano put on his SECOND favorite album instead of his first

    • @sinnerthesinful552
      @sinnerthesinful552 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Post_Stall_Maneuver And where's the fun in that?

  • @GreenT_LoR
    @GreenT_LoR Před 7 lety +544

    不可能 = Fukano = not possible
    不合理 = Fugori = absurd
    愚かな = Orokana = foolish

    • @oo-zx9bv
      @oo-zx9bv Před 4 lety +4

      Terence Wang you’re right!!!

    • @GMNYU
      @GMNYU Před 4 lety +6

      불가능 불합리 어리석음....
      교수의 불가능해보이는 작업에 불합리하게 차출되어 바보같은 작업을 강제로 하는 대학원생들이였다ㅠㅜ

    • @lilyjay8530
      @lilyjay8530 Před 4 lety +1

      曰本人👋🏻

    • @user-uf9et3ev1o
      @user-uf9et3ev1o Před 4 lety

      @@GMNYU 오 한국인.....

    • @PRGME7
      @PRGME7 Před 4 lety

      Terence Wang if this is true amazing

  • @aliceb2849
    @aliceb2849 Před 7 lety +560

    The names are brilliant. "Impossible "(Fukano), "unlogical" Fugori, and Silly/stupid/obsurd "Orokana"

  • @findafishgaming3650
    @findafishgaming3650 Před 5 lety +544

    Why didnt he just confirm he had green eyes and then ask to leave?

    • @Lance0
      @Lance0 Před 3 lety +19

      BUt YoU caN'T LeAvE yOu neED to gO aRouNd tHE wORld!!1!111!!

    • @johnheinze574
      @johnheinze574 Před 3 lety +20

      This is my favorite joke.

    • @Dmanrique6
      @Dmanrique6 Před 3 lety +9

      This is not the 100 green eye prisoners riddle

    • @NotaPlagueDoctor300
      @NotaPlagueDoctor300 Před 3 lety +23

      @@Dmanrique6 r/woosh

    • @friendlyyoutubecommenter4527
      @friendlyyoutubecommenter4527 Před 3 lety +24

      Because he had 2 fuses that each burned for a minute, and he still had to catch all his robo-ants

  • @psykofreac9188
    @psykofreac9188 Před 4 lety +90

    "But where's the fun in that?" I love the professor's smirk there. XD

  • @vidyaraut1
    @vidyaraut1 Před 7 lety +542

    Too much fuel was wasted on this experiment.

    • @Ripurlife
      @Ripurlife Před 5 lety +12

      yea he only needs to design to increase the fuel capacity.

    • @memeoftheweek9551
      @memeoftheweek9551 Před 5 lety +31

      @@Ripurlife yeah *WhErEs ThE FuN In ThAt*

    • @BappO-is-me
      @BappO-is-me Před 4 lety +2

      As long as he didn’t use oil, natural gasses, or anything like that, I’m fine with it

  • @jaegonekim
    @jaegonekim Před 7 lety +512

    DIDN'T PAUSE THE VIDEO AND WAITED FOR THREE SECONDS

    • @themantsang
      @themantsang Před 7 lety

      Just push the right button on your computer to skip time :P

    • @jaegonekim
      @jaegonekim Před 7 lety

      themantsang app user :P

    • @themantsang
      @themantsang Před 7 lety +2

      김재곤 well then :| ignore me then :D

    • @beany8475
      @beany8475 Před 7 lety

      김재곤 Is there by any chance that you are a kpop fan?

    • @jaegonekim
      @jaegonekim Před 7 lety +3

      EXO-L and Xingstan I'm a big fan of some old Korean singers, but I'm not interested in K-pop.

  • @FloofyFloofles
    @FloofyFloofles Před 4 lety +345

    3:05 women when I come near

  • @gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635

    Well, every airport must let a plane that ran out fuel land, otherwise that is a crime, but this is a riddle .

    • @NoBux241
      @NoBux241 Před rokem +2

      Well they CLEARLY wan't him dead, so i'm assuming that's a risk they are willing to take

  • @isabelitaalon2767
    @isabelitaalon2767 Před 6 lety +504

    But what's the fun in that?
    THE FUN IS YOU GUARENTEED SURVIVE

    • @BappO-is-me
      @BappO-is-me Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah, but who wants that?

    • @stressedbyamountainofbooks
      @stressedbyamountainofbooks Před 4 lety +5

      @@BappO-is-me not fukano atleast

    • @lukesgamingadventure8227
      @lukesgamingadventure8227 Před 4 lety +3

      Isabelita Alon the professor crashed when he tryed he’s dead now
      It’s not guaranteed to survive jim
      Srry that jim part is prob not nessesarly

    • @noisy99_
      @noisy99_ Před 3 lety

      He's Livin Like Larry

    • @carealoo744
      @carealoo744 Před 3 lety

      Yeah, but its 2020, so who cares anymore?

  • @TheOneBreakupCoach
    @TheOneBreakupCoach Před 6 lety +2939

    I know this one. The horse's name is Friday!

  • @SuperSoyajin
    @SuperSoyajin Před 3 lety +323

    There are 2 optimizations that can be made to the solution.
    1. Fugori can actually travel past 90 degrees with the professor, if Orokana, after refueling, heads back out to help Fugori on the way back to base.
    2. Orokana can meet the professor with more fuel at 270 degrees if Fugori accompanies her when moving clockwise, and refills her tank to full after 60 degrees.
    With this optimization, a fuel tank with capacity 162 kiloliters is sufficient - the professor can be left with a full fuel tank 99 degrees out, and meet up with an assistant as he runs out of fuel, 99 degrees before the end of his trip.

    • @josephc.9520
      @josephc.9520 Před 2 lety +15

      Why hasn't Ted Ed pinned this comment lmao

    • @thesmartnerd732
      @thesmartnerd732 Před 2 lety +22

      But Orokana and Fugori would take time to reach back to the airport and then take even more time to fly east to meet the prof. By that time prof would be dead

    • @davidaltman8392
      @davidaltman8392 Před 2 lety +4

      ​@@thesmartnerd732 Well, technically the prof could go on another 9 degrees to the 279 degree point, wich is exactly what they need to meet up with him since on of the planes left at 99 degrees and 180 degrees to the other direction is 279, the problem with that is that it doesn't offer a solution in wich "meet the professor with more " as the comment said would be possible

    • @noodle_fc
      @noodle_fc Před 2 lety +28

      ​@@josephc.9520 Because he's wrong. As TheSmartNerd says, if Orokana helps Fugori return to base, they can't get to the professor in time. Stern Huang doesn't justify his figures of 162kl tank size and 99°-261° for the professor's solo flight, but we don't need to look at those specific numbers to see the problem.
      Let's assume just a 1°/kl optimization. Professor Fukano begins flying solo at 91° with 179kl fuel. As in the original solution, he will reach 270° and run out of fuel at the 270 minute mark. That's 90 degrees from base; therefore, to meet him at that time, someone must take off 90 minutes prior, at minute 180.
      But wait! Fugori was with the professor at 91°. A round trip takes 91 minutes for each leg, so Fugori cannot reach base until 182 minutes have elapsed. If Orokana helps Fugori, neither of them can be at the base to take off at minute 180, so the professor will crash. If she's en route to the professor at minute 180, she cannot have met and refueled Fugori, so he will crash.
      The solution is already optimized.

    • @josephc.9520
      @josephc.9520 Před 2 lety +4

      @@noodle_fc Ah I hadn't thought through this. You know the 3am urge to binge but not think through anything right? Really sorry for taking up your time, I had figured out why a while ago

  • @notc0ol
    @notc0ol Před 4 lety +59

    Me: Does a few barrel rolls and trick shots, therefore missing the runway and crashing to my death.

    • @zesnowpea6347
      @zesnowpea6347 Před 2 lety +1

      At least you got the bird with a 360 no scope

  • @1993mulham
    @1993mulham Před 6 lety +1187

    watch these puzzles, think about them for like one min (so you don't bad about yourself like at least you tried) watch the solutions , laugh at the funny comments ..... Next puzzle please

  • @Fuuukano
    @Fuuukano Před 7 lety +3896

    Wait what ? I'm a professor now ? xD

    • @TheBopPops
      @TheBopPops Před 7 lety +51

      Fukano YO FUKANO LOL

    • @marckymadao9192
      @marckymadao9192 Před 7 lety +60

      haha when i searched "fukano" in google a pokemon popped up. i thopught 'professor fukano' was a real person

    • @lilyschenck7161
      @lilyschenck7161 Před 7 lety +14

      Fukano HAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin Před 7 lety +17

      Good thing the Gyrobowl was invented to solve the meal spilling problem.

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin Před 7 lety +11

      Go ask Marshmallow.

  • @ez1953
    @ez1953 Před 5 lety +14

    I like how the planes (and professors) are named "Impossible" (Fukanou), "Absurd" (Fugouri) and "Foolish" (Orokana)

  • @sirsenor4912
    @sirsenor4912 Před 4 lety +64

    “Then they get arrested because they aren’t pilots and what they just did was illegal “

  • @inkiidonut
    @inkiidonut Před 7 lety +527

    I live for ted ed riddles

  • @untappedhappiness
    @untappedhappiness Před 7 lety +448

    I thought it was okay if the other assistants crashed, as long as the professor made the round trip. :/

  • @Adwik_Mishra
    @Adwik_Mishra Před 2 lety +11

    0:41 This is the most badass smirk I have ever seen

  • @stantonclark
    @stantonclark Před 4 lety +277

    Drinking challenge: take a shot everytime he says 45

    • @tourtle1497
      @tourtle1497 Před 3 lety +6

      *vomiting everywhere*
      mY LiVer StOpPed wOrKInG

    • @hannahpedrasa2933
      @hannahpedrasa2933 Před 3 lety +6

      I played this with my dad. He passed out halfway. For some reason he doesn't have a pulse tho, should I be worried?

    • @mcventi4859
      @mcventi4859 Před 3 lety +6

      Of water and also maybe for every time he says 5

    • @anunnamedbruh8245
      @anunnamedbruh8245 Před 3 lety +1

      *UH OOOOOOOOOW*

    • @darshraatparsadhraj5583
      @darshraatparsadhraj5583 Před 3 lety +1

      Me counting the number of times the narrator said “45”

  • @David-qi1ys
    @David-qi1ys Před 7 lety +2298

    FAIL: This doesn't take into consideration time spent going through airport security. :/

    • @minecraftminertime
      @minecraftminertime Před 6 lety +62

      Professor Fukanō's airport doesn't require them to go through airport security.

    • @daffodil-lamentations
      @daffodil-lamentations Před 5 lety +37

      Yeah his airport is fancy

    • @InnerWorkingsofaGeek
      @InnerWorkingsofaGeek Před 5 lety +41

      You don't have to go through security more than once if you stay within the airport lounges, so once they all go through security before taking off at the beginning there's no issue.

    • @thatdumbguy2621
      @thatdumbguy2621 Před 5 lety +23

      YOU HAD ONE MIND
      AND THEN YOU JUST WITHERED IT AWAY INTO 1 BRAIN CELL

    • @pahoellyyy
      @pahoellyyy Před 5 lety +10

      stop taking ted ed's fun riddles so literally 😡

  • @MAKwanaYT
    @MAKwanaYT Před 7 lety +160

    Yeeee!!! Apart from the Kilometers calculations I figured out the way how he can do it!

  • @rasyaar5124
    @rasyaar5124 Před 2 lety +6

    3:29 top 10 scenes that science cannot explain

  • @flintecho3591
    @flintecho3591 Před 4 lety +32

    Next Riddle :
    Professor gonna make the world flying around his plane

    •  Před 4 lety +2

      That sounds like flying around the world with a plane, with extra steps

  • @jasonyin9091
    @jasonyin9091 Před 7 lety +121

    4:10 I totally thought it would be "...just as soon as they put bathrooms on the planes"

  • @NK-xd4fu
    @NK-xd4fu Před 7 lety +1445

    But plot twist, Fugori and Orokana were always jealous of the professor, having stolen their design for the plane and giving no credit where credit was due. So when the time to give the Professor his fuel came, the two left with no transfer of fuel. The Professor plummeted to the ground thinking the tubes had malfunctioned, and died.
    Fugori and Orokana flew back to the airport and found a small party had been thrown together (planned by the professor) with streamers and balloons in honour of the two assistant's help with the project, as well as an offer at a full time job alongside the professor. As the fellow scientists and plane technicians on the ground saw Fugori and Orokana leave their planes, the only question on their minds was "Where is the professor?". The two lied and said that they had not see him where they agreed to meet.
    Overwhelmed with guilt, Fugori and Orokana took off once more after refueling, claiming they would go back to look for the professor at the spot where he had fallen. They were never heard from again.

    • @swigityswootyimcomingforth3540
      @swigityswootyimcomingforth3540 Před 7 lety +74

      Nicolas K (slow clap) well done

    • @NK-xd4fu
      @NK-xd4fu Před 7 lety +15

      Swigity Swooty I'm coming for that booty

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin Před 7 lety +62

      No, they were heard from again. They landed back in Tokyo and were met with heavy fines after losing a case after Fukano's family sued them for deliberating getting rid of a loved one's life and so the assistants were fined heavily.
      They were charged with illegally landing aircraft and neglecting a comrade's life. They were very controversial.

    • @NK-xd4fu
      @NK-xd4fu Před 7 lety +49

      Jacob Griffin But nobody ever saw them again. Did they die? Did they go into hiding? Did they start anew as farmers, cut off from society, to repent for their sins?

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin Před 7 lety +64

      Nicolas K
      Did they fly into the Bermuda Triangle?

  • @tobiasthyberg4997
    @tobiasthyberg4997 Před 5 lety +174

    I figured it out but in a differnt way. Let me explain, also I will use the amount of fuel they have in % instead of using the exact amount like shown in the video to make it easier.
    We know that all of your fuel will take you to just the other side of the planet and you can only land on one spot which is the airport you started from.
    To accomplish this task ive decided to devide the whole trip around the globe into 10 sections. Every section is exactly 36 degree of longitude (One tenth of the whole trip).
    Due to our understanding that half the trip will take up 100% of our fuel we can safely assume that every section will take up 20% of our fuel.
    So basically. 36 deegres of longitude = 1 section = 20% fuel.
    Now to the actual flight we will (just like in the video) fly every plane west. But instead of stopping at 1/8 (or 1.25 sections) of the total flight you will now stop at 1/5 or exactly 2 section. All the planes should now have 60% of their fuel left and has all used 40% of their fuel to get there. Plane 2 and 3 will now transfer 20% of their fuel to plane 1 (each) which will put plane 1 at 100% fuel while the other planes will have 40% each. The second and third plane will now have exactly enough to fly back to the airport to refuel for their next mission. Meanwhile plane 1 will have just enough fuel after the refuel to go 180 degrees of longitude plus the 72 it has already travelled which puts the total at 252 degrees of longitude or in more simple terms, 7 sections.
    Meanwhile, plane 2 and 3 has refueled at the airport and plane 2 has gone 3 sections or 108 defrees longitude and has now reached plane 1. With the remaing 40% they split it even and can now go one more section. Meanwhile plane nr 3 has also gone east and meets up with plane 1 and 2 and they all split the fuel to get 20% each. With this fuel they all aim for the airport and they all crash in the pacific, 18 degrees of longitude from their destination and Fukanōs dreams were crushed and yes I just made you read all that and yes I thought it would work while writing it.

    • @luzifah2002
      @luzifah2002 Před 4 lety +8

      he can glide if hes high enough :D

    • @BappO-is-me
      @BappO-is-me Před 4 lety +3

      So god darn close

    • @rondameravella2885
      @rondameravella2885 Před 4 lety +3

      Not only his dreams getting crushed there

    • @joshrobinson6806
      @joshrobinson6806 Před 4 lety +9

      Wow I read that whole thing that was hilarious!!! Also I’m pissed.

    • @rahuljosephkickyourass
      @rahuljosephkickyourass Před 4 lety +9

      Lmao , I have a better solution . Why can't the planes stack on top of each other ?Assistant #1 will carry both Assistant #2 and the professor . At the 180 degree mark , they'll switch places and then Assistant #2 will carry Assistant #1 and the professor to the airport to complete the trip and the professor still has his fuel tank completely full.
      Don't worry , I'm only kidding.

  • @purpleplant3842
    @purpleplant3842 Před 2 lety +44

    I came up with another solution to the riddle.
    12:00 → all three planes depart
    12:00 - 12:45 → assistant C and B and the Professor fly 45 longitudes from 0°l to 45°l
    12:45 → assistant C transfers 2x 45kl, the other two pilots now have a full tank again
    12:45 - 13:30 → assistant B and the Professor fly 45 longitudes from 45°l to 90°l
    13:30 → assistant B transfers 45kl to the Professors plane, the Professor has now a full tank again
    13:30 → assistant B has 90kl fuel left, which is enough to fly the 90 longitudes back home
    13:30 → assistant C arrives back home
    13:30 - 16:30 → the Professor flies 180 longitudes from 90°l to 270°l
    15:00 → assistant B arrives back home
    15:00 - 16:00→ assistant C and B fly 60 longitudes from 360°l to 300°l
    16:00→ assistant C transfers 60kl to assistant B, assistant B has now a full tank again
    16:00→ assistant C has 60kl fuel left, which is enough to fly the 60 longitudes back home
    16:00 - 16:30→ assistant B flies 30 longitudes from 300°l to 270°l
    16:30 → assistant B transfers half of his tank to the Professor. Both have 75kl fuel
    16:30 - 17:45 → assistant B and the professor fly 75 longitudes from 270°l to 345°l
    17:00 → assistant C arrives back home
    17:30 - 17:45 → assistant C flies 15 longitudes from 360°l to 345°l
    17:45 → assistant C transfers a third to assistant B and the Professor, everyone has 55kl fuel
    17:45 - 18:00 → assistant C and B and the Professor fly 15 longitudes from 345°l to 360°l
    18:00 → all three planes arrive safely back home with 40kl fuel in each tank.

  • @spicymeme9291
    @spicymeme9291 Před 7 lety +952

    Who just listens to the answer and dosent even think on the question part lol

  • @johnroy5169
    @johnroy5169 Před 7 lety +110

    Do the assistants need to live?

  • @perasima6533
    @perasima6533 Před 3 lety +9

    I like how they helped us in a sneaky way on that 30 second mark, when they actually displayed what fuel meter looks like, so if you are paying attention you realize that you will be transferring 45 kiloliters around.

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy
    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy Před 4 lety +12

    Ted-Ed: "Can you solv-
    Me: "Oh, Fukano!"

  • @Hakasedess
    @Hakasedess Před 7 lety +22

    A few seconds into the explanation, my first thought was "Oh, they're allowed to land and take off again?"
    Kinda gets easy then, so I didn't consider the possibility.

  • @oldcowbb
    @oldcowbb Před 7 lety +164

    fukano means impossible in japanese

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb Před 7 lety +30

      fugori means nonsense and orokana means stupid

    • @bingisbahn3374
      @bingisbahn3374 Před 7 lety +8

      oldcowbb oh shit

    • @kshitiz2039
      @kshitiz2039 Před 7 lety +45

      i thought it meant fuck no in english

    • @KLK01
      @KLK01 Před 7 lety +9

      stupid impossible nonsense

  • @riatortilla9906
    @riatortilla9906 Před 3 lety +13

    “The professor could’ve designed the plane to hold more fuel, but where’s the fun in that?”
    Goddamn it, I give up-

  • @JohanniklasLp
    @JohanniklasLp Před 4 lety +29

    I have a different solution: All three Planes start simultaniously, heading west. After 30 Minutes, Assistent 2 gives each other 30 kl and heads home again. At 60 Minutes, A2 reaches home, refuels (has to be as fast as transferring fuel between planes, else this doesn't work) and heads off west again. At 90 Minutes, A1 transfers 60 kl to the professor and heads home. At 120 Minutes, A1 and A2 meat, A2 transfers 30 kl to A2, they both head home. At 180 Minutes, they reach home and refuel, heading east afterwards. At 210 Minutes, A2 transfers 30 kl to A1 and heads home. At 240, A2 reaches home, refuels and heads east. At 270, A1 reaches the Professor and transfers 60 kl. At 300, all meet, A2 transfers 30 kl each to everyone, so everyone has 60 kl left to head home

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH Před 4 lety +2

      I had to think long and hard about it. I did not think it was going to work because of how it looked to me like you were transferring fuel too early in the beginning but it did. Nice job.

    • @mitulagr
      @mitulagr Před 4 lety +2

      See mine - (calling the 2 side planes A and B)
      1) first part same as explained in video
      2) as soon as B returns to airport, A and B takeoff
      3) After 60 mins A gives 60 kl fuel to B and returns
      4) Professor and B meet 90 degrees from airport, B gives half the fuel (75 kl) to prof.
      5) After 75 mins, A is back with (180-15) kl of fuel, give B 15 kl and keeps 15 giving prof. 135 kl
      Since fuel is left it means they can do the job with max capacity less than 180 kl

    • @nicohakobyankinnie
      @nicohakobyankinnie Před 4 lety

      Johanniklas Lp BRUH

    • @shotguneu
      @shotguneu Před 4 lety +1

      Also found a different and much less elegant (more complicated) solution:
      All planes leave west. After 72 minutes both assistants transfer 36 kl to the professor (have not seen any rule that says they cannot transfer fuel simultaneously), and head back home. At 144 minutes they reach home, refuel and take off instantly, flying east. At 216 minutes, assistant 1 transfer 72 kl to assistant 2 and returns home. Assitant 2 continues to meet the professor at 252 minutes, transferring half his tank (72 kl) to the professor. Assitant 1 gets back home at 288, refuels, and takes off instantly, reaching the other two at 324. It transfers 36 kl to each of them and they all return home. In the end, assistant 1 still has 72 kl left in the tank.

    • @nbkreeperz8431
      @nbkreeperz8431 Před 2 lety

      @@shotguneu I believe assistant 1 would crash. If assistant 1 and 2 leave headed east at 144 minutes and travel together until 216 minutes (72 miles traveled together) and then assistant 1 transfers 72 kL to assistant 2 (180-72-72=36) that would leave assistant 1 with 36 kL left while still being 72 kL from the airport.

  • @user-sz6bs7vw6p
    @user-sz6bs7vw6p Před 7 lety +173

    nope.

  • @peachykeen963
    @peachykeen963 Před 7 lety +751

    I don't think professor Fukano knows exactly how air travel works

    • @diorse1167
      @diorse1167 Před 6 lety +89

      I dont think he knows how logic works, deadass be making a small fuel tank for fun inb4 he crashes and 9/11 starts again, smh

    • @MysticalOriginz
      @MysticalOriginz Před 6 lety +8

      Peachy Keen well because you said that I have nothing to say but this, oh Fuk a no

    • @artiemccallum9749
      @artiemccallum9749 Před 6 lety

      Peachy Keen I

    • @pischtato6835
      @pischtato6835 Před 6 lety +1

      Peachy Keen true

    • @pischtato6835
      @pischtato6835 Před 6 lety +1

      Snowishy lol

  • @samarthmerwah
    @samarthmerwah Před 6 lety +4

    Been coming here for a while now. Love your voice. You're amazing. Keep up the good work!

  • @The_True_J
    @The_True_J Před rokem +7

    I'm sure others have discussed this but I just found this video. I came up with a different solution but when I did the math, it turns out the solution in the video uses less fuel.
    My solution was to have P3 refuel P1 and P2 at 45 and fly back. P2 refuels P1 at 105, and flies back. P2 will hit 0kl at the 45 degree mark. P3 leaves at 120 to go to the 45 mark and refuels P2. They fly back to the base together. P2 refuels back up to 180kl, but P3 only needs 135kl to refuel. They do this instantly and fly in the opposite direction.
    At 255, P3 refuels P2. P3 flies back and lands at the base with 45kl left in his tank. P2 flies on to 285 where he meets the professor. P2 refuels P1 so they both have 75kl left. They fly back to the base and land with 0kl left in their tanks.
    My solution uses 1035kl for fuel and ends with 45kl left in the tank for a net of 990kl used. Their solution uses only 900kl of fuel.

  • @TestedModz
    @TestedModz Před 7 lety +317

    Simple, professor Funkand uses his shrink ray to make the earth 50% smaller, then all three planes fly around.

    • @MrInstantRamen
      @MrInstantRamen Před 6 lety +2

      lol

    • @coolpeople4061
      @coolpeople4061 Před 6 lety +2

      Lol

    • @Unknown-sn9dn
      @Unknown-sn9dn Před 6 lety +9

      It will have 360 degrees at any size

    • @razlem
      @razlem Před 6 lety +18

      then say goodbye to the following
      > the three pilots
      > their planes
      > gravity
      > all 7.6 billion people

    • @ethanlin2526
      @ethanlin2526 Před 6 lety +4

      but there will be less distance from the airport and to the airport :D

  • @ur_cowboy
    @ur_cowboy Před 7 lety +40

    "But lets get real" then says they can turn on a dime and instant refuel each other

  • @MrSlothJunior
    @MrSlothJunior Před 5 lety +44

    I did it differently. I didn't try to minimize the amount of fuel used since that wasn't part of the riddle. My method uses 1020kL whereas theirs use 900:
    60 min:
    Plane A. 120+60=180 kL
    Plane B. 120-60=60 kL
    Plane C. 120 kL
    Plane B flies back.
    80 min:
    Plane A. 160+20=180 kL
    Plane C. 100-20=80 kL
    Plane C flies back.
    120 min:
    Plane B lands and refills.
    160 min:
    Plane C lands and refills.
    Both take off in the opposite direction.
    220 min:
    Plane B. 120+60=180 kL
    Plane C. 120-60=60 kL
    Plane C flies back.
    260 min:
    Plane A. 0+70=70 kL
    Plane B. 140-70=70 kL
    280 min:
    Plane C lands and refills.
    300 min:
    Plane C takes off.
    330 min:
    Plane A. 0+30=30 kL
    Plane B. 0+30=30 kL
    Plane C. 150-60=90kL
    360 min:
    Plane A. 0kL
    Plane B. 0kL
    Plane C. 60kL

    • @mohsenessa1195
      @mohsenessa1195 Před 5 lety +3

      MrSlothJunior i like how u organized ur answer gj btw

    • @hrvoje6041
      @hrvoje6041 Před 3 lety +2

      y that's exactly how I solved it, too. I knew I'll find this answer in comments when I saw their solution.

    • @mop9422
      @mop9422 Před 2 lety +2

      I got the same and I think it's actually better than the one shown since there is a margin for not dying! (Although it's less eco-friendly haha)

  • @tanmaybhayani
    @tanmaybhayani Před 5 lety +2

    I absolutely love these riddles. Thank you Ted👍😁. These are the best riddles I have ever come across.

  • @mikastojkovich4359
    @mikastojkovich4359 Před 7 lety +63

    This is really good but I hate how nobody understands that planes can glide around for hours without fuel

    • @kevinbongiorno2865
      @kevinbongiorno2865 Před 7 lety +17

      Mika Stojkovich that's not the point. The planes are just a way of relating the riddle to the real world. It's the math that matters

    • @OliDox
      @OliDox Před 7 lety +1

      Mika Stojkovich tell that to the plane that just crashed and killed 70 people

    • @0zfer
      @0zfer Před 7 lety +2

      LOL what math simple subtraction and addition? This aint rocket science...

    • @jacobhaft9714
      @jacobhaft9714 Před 7 lety +3

      0zfer It's rocket fuel science :D

    • @soup1322
      @soup1322 Před 7 lety

      No they can't, lol.

  • @g36c.
    @g36c. Před 7 lety +94

    i had another solution that worked but two of them died so...

  • @wasifzakwan8722
    @wasifzakwan8722 Před 3 lety +2

    Here is how I would solve it.
    Step 1: Tell the fuel tank that I have green eyes.

  • @finfon2287
    @finfon2287 Před 4 lety +8

    It’s not possible because when you switch directions you would probably snap your neck due to the sudden change in direction combined with the g forces.

  • @alihakam697
    @alihakam697 Před 7 lety +43

    For all of you who say "Make a larger tank" Know that that's not the point, the planes where just physical representations of the problem

    • @nicolehahn2657
      @nicolehahn2657 Před 7 lety

      Ali Hakam that's what I'm thinking as I read pretty much every single comment.

    • @kevinbongiorno2865
      @kevinbongiorno2865 Před 7 lety +1

      Ali Hakam that's what I said! Some people just don't get it...

    • @MarioFanGamer659
      @MarioFanGamer659 Před 7 lety

      And to make it worse, the narrator even said it at 0:37.

    • @Ayveh
      @Ayveh Před 7 lety

      Exactly!

    • @north-roadcaveman5818
      @north-roadcaveman5818 Před 7 lety

      Exactly, they could just say the planes have weight limits

  • @CamNM89
    @CamNM89 Před 7 lety +551

    How I feel about this puzzle: Fuk-a-no.

  • @jacobpledger5101
    @jacobpledger5101 Před 5 lety +14

    4:15 I thought he pee’d himself

  • @danteungas958
    @danteungas958 Před 5 lety +69

    I figured it out!
    1st.go to the South Pole
    2nd.from a few feet away from the South Pole rotate yourself
    Then boom your finished!

  • @EchoL0C0
    @EchoL0C0 Před 7 lety +34

    Just wait a few hundred million years until the earth's rotation slows by half. Then fly in the direction opposite that the Earth spins.
    That was my guess.

    • @xiaodreixiao800
      @xiaodreixiao800 Před 7 lety +11

      EchoL0C0 that would not work. the relative air on the athmosphere will go relative to the ground thus putting you in the same spot in the air (given no wind condition).

  • @SuperMaDBrothers
    @SuperMaDBrothers Před 7 lety +28

    My reaction when I saw a new riddle was out:
    YESSSSSSSS!!!

  • @krieginphernjacobson
    @krieginphernjacobson Před 3 lety +13

    There's another solution:
    EDIT: Everything below is incorrect
    1. They leave West at noon
    2. At 1:00 Fugori gives 60 kl of fuel to professor Fukano
    3. At 1:20 Okokama gives 20 kl of fuel to professor Fukano
    4. At 2:00 Fugori returns and refuels
    5. At 2:40 Okokama returns and refuels
    6. At 2:40 Fugori leaves East
    7. At 4:00 Okokama leaves East
    8. At 4:20 (lol) Fugori gives 40 kl of fuel to professor Fukano
    9. At 5:00 Okokama gives 60 kl of fuel to both Fugori and professor Fukano
    10. At 6:00 they all return to the airport

    • @Georgetsiki13
      @Georgetsiki13 Před 3 lety +1

      Sorry mate, but you are wrong. If Fugori leaves at 2:40 to reach the professor at 4:20 (when the professor will be out of fuel according to your refuels), he will have traveled 1 hour(60 minutes) and 40 minutes, meaning a total of 100 minutes, which means 100 kl. So even if he didn't give any fuel to the professor(which he must for your plan to work), he wouldn't be able to return because he would need another 100 kl.

    • @krieginphernjacobson
      @krieginphernjacobson Před 3 lety

      @@Georgetsiki13 Yea, my mistake was that I knew Okokama could save either one of then, but I accidentally thought "both" instead of "either" (but idk for sure cus I made this awhile ago).

  • @generationedge6699
    @generationedge6699 Před 4 lety +4

    Step 1: Check if you have green eyes.
    Step2: Ask the airplane to keep going

  • @marble4533
    @marble4533 Před 7 lety +70

    A riddle, or a math calculation?

    • @QGonline
      @QGonline Před 7 lety

      math calculation, it's tough

    • @hanssmirnov9946
      @hanssmirnov9946 Před 7 lety +2

      Is it? It seemed to be basic adding and subtracting.

    • @BizyGi
      @BizyGi Před 7 lety

      Zox Sonic It's not a riddle. Just math.

    • @marble4533
      @marble4533 Před 7 lety

      Hans Smirnov Thats Maths isnt it?

    • @narutoroxanne22
      @narutoroxanne22 Před 7 lety

      Zox Sonic it's physics.

  • @shadycactus6146
    @shadycactus6146 Před 7 lety +259

    nah, both assistants are super dead. no way they survive the massive g-forces involved in "turning on a dime" at those speeds

  • @hulohyou8536
    @hulohyou8536 Před 3 lety +4

    Plot twist: The professor spent so much time designing he forgot to train. Good luck crashing

  • @kushagrabansal2107
    @kushagrabansal2107 Před 4 lety +1

    Never ever change your narrator

  • @ammarazman6246
    @ammarazman6246 Před 7 lety +117

    fukanou = impossible
    fugouri = irrational
    orokana = fool
    he shouldve chosen a team with different names

    • @waterspray5743
      @waterspray5743 Před 7 lety +4

      Didn't notice that before your comment, LOL. I guess Ted-Ed didn't expect some of the CZcamsrs here could understand Japanese.

    • @ammarazman6246
      @ammarazman6246 Před 7 lety +13

      Water Spray I believe it's intentional. kinda like a hidden joke

    • @Melecie
      @Melecie Před 7 lety +1

      Professor Fukano makes sense

    • @theninjas2870
      @theninjas2870 Před 7 lety +17

      It's impossible, irrational fool!

    • @notaprosoyeah3786
      @notaprosoyeah3786 Před 7 lety

      TheNinjas lmaoo

  • @blabby102
    @blabby102 Před 7 lety +38

    I found a different solution that works assuming that refueling is instantaneous. Instead of just one plane (Orokana) going in the opposite direction to meet the Fukano at the 3/4 mark and then both being refueled by the third plane (Fugri) on the way back, you can have two planes setting out together in the other direction and one giving fuel to the other on the way with enough fuel to make it back. At the 3/4 mark when the two remaining planes meet, they both just have enough fuel to make it back. It's really the same solution but different order.
    By the way, I love the Japanese names 不可能 (impossible), 不合理 (unreasonable), and 愚かな (foolish)

    • @simgenx5167
      @simgenx5167 Před 7 lety +13

      Your method cannot be done. To get home from 3/4 point, two planes both need half a tank. Meaning you need one full tank and disperse it between the two. You cannot get 1 plane to 3/4 with a full tank.

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV Před 7 lety

      +Simgen x Yahtzee

    • @PaulRamen
      @PaulRamen Před 7 lety +2

      Simgen x This alternative solution works if the plane that got home takes off a third time to give 45L to the plane that needs it on the final way home. Therefor this solution is less optimal than the one in the video

    • @blabby102
      @blabby102 Před 7 lety +2

      Simgen x
      Sorry, it's a little hard to explain without diagrams. While Fukano was going the long way around, I had the two other planes going in the opposite direction with one giving excess fuel to the other and then returning. When they meet at the 3/4 mark they have enough fuel to get back because there is further support from the other plane that did not go all the way to the 3/4 mark. This solution has more steps that the one in the video. It also assumes that refueling on the ground is instantaneous which was not really specified in the rules (although implied). The video solution is much better.

    • @urastupid333
      @urastupid333 Před 7 lety +1

      +blabby102 Your solution is incorrect. Assuming two planes go the other way, at the 3/4 mark, both would have to start to come back for them to survive. They would not have any excess to supply to each other for one to meet Fukano and survive. If you really want another answer to this, Fukano could literally just bring the two tanks in the other planes with him and refuel midair. He doesn't want to redesign, but he can just let the tanks dangle along some rope or sit with him.

  • @cheatkhjom705
    @cheatkhjom705 Před 5 lety

    My favorite video from Ted Ed

  • @macaroni9496
    @macaroni9496 Před 9 měsíci

    Imagine going that fast and just turning around instantly, goodbye spine

  • @HyLion
    @HyLion Před 6 lety +12

    1:29 He is already doing it!!

  • @commander-fox-q7573
    @commander-fox-q7573 Před 7 lety +105

    Yes... This one is fairly easy

    • @juang.7309
      @juang.7309 Před 7 lety +3

      Quinn Gauder yes I am very smart I can figure out riddles in 3 seconds. :b

    • @commander-fox-q7573
      @commander-fox-q7573 Před 7 lety

      Yesman

    • @RomitHeerani
      @RomitHeerani Před 7 lety

      yep.

    • @DrGerbils
      @DrGerbils Před 7 lety +11

      There are solutions that don't require two planes to be refueled at once.
      A, B and C fly to 60 degree mark. C transfers 60 units of fuel to A and turns back.
      A and B fly to 90 degree mark. B transfers 30 units to A.
      B flies back to 30 degree mark where C meets him to refuel him. Both return to airport, refuel and take off again in the opposite direction.
      At 330 degrees, C transfers 30 units to B and returns to the airport.
      B flies on to 270 degrees to meet A. B transfers -half of his- 90 units to A, keeping 30 for himself.
      A flies the remaining 90 degrees to the airport.
      C has meanwhile refueled and meets B at 300 degrees, transfers 60 of his 120 units and they fly to the airport.

    • @Ardy22222
      @Ardy22222 Před 7 lety

      DrGerbils plane c wouldn't be able to make it back to plane b in time to refuel it

  • @absentcoder4552
    @absentcoder4552 Před 4 lety +16

    Fukano: “What did Fugori leave me to listen to?”
    James Hetfield: “GIMME FUEL, GIMME FIRE, GIMME THAT WHICH I DESIRE!”

  • @TBergCreations
    @TBergCreations Před 4 lety +5

    If you devide the globe into 8 parts as in the video you can also use another strategy in Fukanos last 3 hours.
    With Plane 2 and 3 loaded up with 180KL fuel each they both fly east for 45 minutes ending up with 135KL each, but 45KL from Plane 3 is transfered to Plane 2.
    Plane 3 goes back to the airport to refuel meanwhile Plane 2 and Fukano meet at 270Longitude. Fukano has 0KL Fuel, meanwhile Plane 2 has 135KL. Plane 2 transfer 90KL to Fukano which is enough for Fukano to go back home.
    Plane 2 on the other hand doesn't have enough and will run out of fuel at 315 Longitude with 45 minutes left but Plane 3 is there to meet up and Transfer 45KL extra to Plane 2 and both planes makes it back with Plane 3 having 90KL to spare.

  • @alifsoerjomarsetyo876
    @alifsoerjomarsetyo876 Před 6 lety +58

    the professor made a plane for fun and if he fails to get fuel thats his fault

  • @syk0saje
    @syk0saje Před 7 lety +962

    well i got all 3 of them crashing together 20 degrees short of the goal.
    *scene: planes running out of fuel with all the turbulence, panic lights, and beeping sounds*
    "it will be an honor to die with two of my most dedicated students."
    "you were the best professor i ever had, dr. fukano."
    "i.. i've always loved you, orokana!"
    "i feel the same way! oh fugori, if only you hadn't waited 'til now, our love could have blossomed into beautiful math!"
    "then our love shall burn in our hearts as brightly as our planes hurdle into the earth!"
    "but wait, jet fuEL CAN'T MELT STEEL BEA--***C R A S H***"
    such a tragedy ;__;

    • @toastsoup7064
      @toastsoup7064 Před 6 lety +38

      I love this comment.

    • @Josh-rf4bm
      @Josh-rf4bm Před 6 lety +29

      Creative af

    • @kyrabambach2805
      @kyrabambach2805 Před 6 lety +28

      you are my new favorite person

    • @leonader9465
      @leonader9465 Před 6 lety +46

      Pepe Bawagan Top 10 saddest anime deaths

    • @yanaflix8641
      @yanaflix8641 Před 6 lety +26

      Shippers: OMG TEDEDS BEEN HOLDING THE SHIPPING
      READ THIS COMMENT NOW! FUGOROKANA COMFIRMED!
      Me:🤔
      All shippers say #fugorokana

  • @MS-xp4vt
    @MS-xp4vt Před rokem

    One of the best, and toughest

  • @kelly8859
    @kelly8859 Před 3 lety +2

    There is an another way
    we're all dying so the professor must go

  • @Leon56367
    @Leon56367 Před 7 lety +537

    So the rotation of the Earth never comes into play? I may have been over thinking this.

    • @-eurosplitsofficalclanchan6057
      @-eurosplitsofficalclanchan6057 Před 7 lety +48

      Leon Hager bruh the earth is flat dummy

    • @poorqualityproductions7226
      @poorqualityproductions7226 Před 7 lety +5

      Planes fly in the atmosphere, which is held into place with Earth's orbit by its gravity, I think. Anyway, it does not come into account.

    • @JHJHJH
      @JHJHJH Před 7 lety

      But the earth itself is rotating below the planes.

    • @KeanuIsAwesome
      @KeanuIsAwesome Před 7 lety +2

      Factoring the earth's rotation doesn't change much. It only increases the starting velocity of the planes.
      For example, if the earth "spins" at 100 mph at the equator, then while standing on the equator I also have a velocity of 100mph. Side note this example is VERY simplified

    • @albertolacerignola673
      @albertolacerignola673 Před 7 lety

      But can the air's density change it? www.braeunig.us/space/atmos.htm . There is a wide different between air's density on the ground and at the height of 20km.

  • @KuroroSama42
    @KuroroSama42 Před 6 lety +17

    I got the answer but would like to add that the parameters allow for slight variations and extra fuel in various spots.
    The important part in the parameters is this: Refueling doesn't have a time cost.
    This means that Orokana could have only given fuel to the professor, returned back to refuel and then met Fugori at the 45 mark to refuel him. They both get back with a bit of fuel to spare.
    Then they can both leave instantly (refueled of course), one of them refueling the other at the 45 mark again, returning again to refuel and then going back with more fuel. The other continues to the 90 mark to meet the professor as normal - now having fuel to spare for the return trip. Although that spare fuel isn't enough for the full way back with both planes, the first plane going back to the 45 mark will compensate.
    What I'm wondering (and is a much harder question than the riddle) is whether this strategy would allow for a smaller tank of fuel. Maybe the support planes could get the professor to the 95 mark and meet him at the same on the other side? Then a tank of 170 kL would be enough. The main difficulty here is the timing. Both support planes can't get to the airport together, or they won't have time to meet the professor.
    My educated guess (I made a few preliminary attempts) is that it's impossible... but I'm not entirely sure.

  • @CharlesXYL
    @CharlesXYL Před 3 lety +6

    If even one of them didn't time their take off and return perfectly, they would probably al die.

  • @jessical4866
    @jessical4866 Před 3 lety

    This is the only Ted Ed riddle I’ve been able to solve lol

  • @djmsong
    @djmsong Před 7 lety +276

    Vertical distance was not accounted for. The planes crashed.

    • @shalzification
      @shalzification Před 7 lety +9

      Neither was any sort of turbulence whatsoever, but that's just over-complicating things. Also, you'd have to refuel in 0 seconds or the plane will crash during almost every refuel.

    • @djmsong
      @djmsong Před 7 lety

      Yeah.

    • @MegaMinecraftGamer10
      @MegaMinecraftGamer10 Před 7 lety +21

      Go to 1:39 and read #3: The planes can transfer the fuel instantly, i.e. 0 seconds.

    • @clwonin678
      @clwonin678 Před 7 lety

      Andy Schlachter s

    • @andrewpulda7969
      @andrewpulda7969 Před 6 lety

      earth rotation not accounted for after the 6 hour flight the airport would be another 90deg ahead which would take 90 min to get to but in 90 min the earth would have rotated another 22.5d which would take 22.5 min to travel and so on

  • @evanmcguire5787
    @evanmcguire5787 Před 7 lety +69

    I SOLVED A TED ED RIDDLE FOR THE FIRST TIME

  • @gracemeehan797
    @gracemeehan797 Před 2 lety

    I’m in love with how they put the green eyed riddle as a suggested video at the end lmfao

  • @riccardospadini5555
    @riccardospadini5555 Před 5 lety

    Very nice riddle!

  • @thephysicistcuber175
    @thephysicistcuber175 Před 7 lety +43

    I found the solution, took me way more time than it should

    • @88mahe
      @88mahe Před 7 lety +7

      smart one, I just watched the answer - I know I'm stupid, but I just don't have enough patient!!! ^-^

    • @yoavshati
      @yoavshati Před 7 lety +1

      patience*

    • @thefridgefreezer
      @thefridgefreezer Před 7 lety

      Case in point

    • @88mahe
      @88mahe Před 7 lety

      we have all something to learn ^~^

    • @88mahe
      @88mahe Před 7 lety

      yes you are really the smart one, I now I saw my mistake =) haha

  • @jamesc6028
    @jamesc6028 Před 7 lety +50

    Why can't you just fly against the rotation of the earth?

    • @TheWertyne
      @TheWertyne Před 7 lety +25

      Because you still have a rotational velocity with the earth, meaning the world will not spin around below your feet, so you have to travel the distance yourself. The only reason why flight west to east vs east to west takes diffrent times is because the winds travel in a certain direction

    • @FunBotan
      @FunBotan Před 7 lety +9

      Because conservaion of momentum lol

    • @RobertHardeman
      @RobertHardeman Před 7 lety +27

      The planes are still in the atmosphere. Since the atmosphere rotates with the earth, that's not possible.

    • @Lulink013
      @Lulink013 Před 7 lety

      Robert Hardeman
      It is since earth's rotation causes winds to go a certain way around the equator. It's not the whole atmosphere but it's the air they'll be traveling into.

    • @jamesy0117
      @jamesy0117 Před 7 lety

      No.

  • @arnavsawant853
    @arnavsawant853 Před 3 lety

    Solving this riddle on an airplane randomly is magic!!!

  • @mylanhulstede2520
    @mylanhulstede2520 Před 5 lety +5

    Are you guys proud of me this is the first even ted riddle i was able to solve without looking uo yha answer

  • @Pipiopy
    @Pipiopy Před 7 lety +105

    in my solution they all explode in mid air, and I'm a mathematician but can't find a way around it

    • @feitan8033
      @feitan8033 Před 7 lety +4

      Alex Raxach then your pretty stupid because this was one of the easy riddles

    • @Synaxari
      @Synaxari Před 7 lety +32

      ImYourSenpai No need to call him stupid. Why are people so rude nowadays?

    • @Vatsyayana87
      @Vatsyayana87 Před 7 lety +1

      no kidding, and i imagine he was joking since there is no reason for anything to explode, only run out of fuel and crash if that what was meant..

    • @Pipiopy
      @Pipiopy Před 7 lety +7

      Vatsyayana the reason for the planes to explode would be atmospheric friction, but I was kidding anyway.

    • @urastupid333
      @urastupid333 Před 7 lety +1

      I'm an engineer. Here's the more simple solution: bring the gas tanks of the other planes with the professor. 1.5 times the amount of gas, able to refuel in the air, nobody dies, continuous trip: it follows all the rules stated, even the professor's intention of not wanting to redesign. He simply brings more that's not designed into the plane which may add to the mass, but 1.5 times the amount needed is well over enough.

  • @ashleyhazlehurst9593
    @ashleyhazlehurst9593 Před 7 lety +29

    Honestly I'm so bad at even small numbers maths that it hurts my brain to even try, but I adore riddles so I watch them anyway without trying to solve these ones :')
    I prefer logic, language, verbal reasoning, riddles with context clues, where are they at!

    • @raywar3
      @raywar3 Před 7 lety

      I got a really good one, the answer is also very logical (don't use dumb reasoning to answer this question). Please try it out, I think you'll really enjoy it and get a great sense of accomplishment if you get it.
      In a far away land, it was known that if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. The king that ruled the land wanted to make sure that he possessed the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. So the king called the kingdom's pharmacist and the kingdom's treasurer, he gave each a week to make the strongest poison. Then, each would drink the other one's poison, then his own, and the one that will survive, will be the one that had the stronger poison.
      The pharmacist went straight to work, but the treasurer knew he had no chance, for the pharmacist was much more experienced in this field, so instead, he made up a plan to survive and make sure the pharmacist dies. On the last day the pharmacist suddenly realized that the treasurer would know he had no chance, so he must have a plan. After a little thought, the pharmacist realized what the treasurer's plan must be, and he concocted a counter plan, to make sure he survives and the treasurer dies. When the time came, the king summoned both of them. They drank the poisons as planned, and the treasurer died, the pharmacist survived, and the king didn't get what he wanted.
      What exactly happened there?

    • @ashleyhazlehurst9593
      @ashleyhazlehurst9593 Před 7 lety

      CaptainRay The treasurer found a weak poison to drink before he was summoned, so that he would then drink a stronger one from the pharmacist...he took a regular potion not a poison so the pharmacist wouldn't drink anything stronger, but the pharmacist worked this out and did the same, so the treasurer wasn't neutralised, and the pharmacist never drank any poison at all. The king wanted the strongest poison but he got a useless potion so he didn't get what he wanted??

    • @ashleyhazlehurst9593
      @ashleyhazlehurst9593 Před 7 lety

      CaptainRay Nooo I mean the treasurer figured out the pharma's plan and also brought in a useless potion, not a poison

    • @ashleyhazlehurst9593
      @ashleyhazlehurst9593 Před 7 lety

      Maybe not 'potion'. Imagine if they brought Pepsi lmao.

    • @ashleyhazlehurst9593
      @ashleyhazlehurst9593 Před 7 lety

      CaptainRay Instead of bringing poison, treasurer brings Pepsi. He knows pharma will die because his 'poison' which is actually Pepsi, won't neutralise the pharma. Also, treasurer drinks weak poison before he is summoned so the pharma's poison will neutralise him, but the Pharma works out this plan and also brings Pepsi. The treasurer dies because he didn't get his poison neutralised, pharma stays alive because he never drank any poison, but king doesn't get what he wants because he's just left with useless Pepsi instead of the strongest poison

  • @wobblyorbee279
    @wobblyorbee279 Před 10 měsíci

    Imagine the anxious feeling waiting for the plane to arrive when the fuel is just almost finish and finally seeing the plane and transfer fuels at the three-quarter mark

  • @gabrieltirado4606
    @gabrieltirado4606 Před 4 lety +7

    There's another strategy for each assistant going in opposite directions when the professor is getting to the 25% and 75%

    • @demnos2879
      @demnos2879 Před 4 lety +8

      thought so too at first, but that would not work. At 25% they have burnt half their fuel. so the assistants can either return to base or refuel the professor, but not both.

    • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266
      @theeraphatsunthornwit6266 Před rokem

      Nope. At 25 percent assistant plane used half of his fuel and cant help professor at all. You got to do like in the video, for example