Can you solve the buried treasure riddle? - Daniel Griller

[@TEDEd]

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[@rohanbisht7987]

TED-Ed i solved it

[@TEDEd]

Well done!

[@rohanbisht7987]

TED-Ed your welcome

[@niarudle]

This riddle wasn't set up well. I totally assumed that the pirates were tied to the six trees and wasn't sure wether the tree they're tied to would count as a "seen" tree.

[@yukimori_shirei]

niarudle Yeah, me too. I thought that they will be tied up to trees, but according to the answer, they are tied up to nothing, maybe the sand I guess?

[@jrsooner]

The graphics made the puzzle kind of missleading. I thought all the pirates were tied TO the trees, not just randomly on the island.

[@lynnwoods170]

That's why you can kinda skip ignore in the video except for the slide where the rules of the riddle are shown.

[@eperke2933]

yeah me too

[@mohamedeltelwany2447]

Same

[@oom5768]

same here

[@Ieatsouls123]

Evan Schwarz me too.

[@leilanipotgieter6976]

Ok but having an illustration where the pirates are tied to the trees makes it more confusing, becuase the solution assumes that the pirates can see all of the trees and aren't tied to them.

[@vojska12]

Leilani Potgieter agree had the same problem :(

[@EmilyExplosion27]

Thank you! I had that issue as well. I immediately knew something was up when they said a pirate could see 6 trees, meaning there were 6 trees. I was like "But...how can he see the tree he's tied to? Aren't there 7?" and I had to go back to the beginning.

[@Benergee]

I noticed the same thing. Yeah this riddle needs some work. Should have made them not tied to the trees in the beginning, or added a number

[@limjinghao2010]

ye

[@xystem4701]

Same here. Ruined the riddle for me

[@HockeyPwns]

Let's look at the bigger logic error: Why would Captain Greenbeard leave his treasure on the same island as mutineering pirates?

[@rajatjain1284]

Because they were tree seeds..he wanted them to grow the population of trees on the island from 6 to more..captain cared about the nature!

[@Anshuhd]

Too plant trees

[@TheDreamLeaf]

damn it, you beat me to it

[@BattleSpew]

The reason to leave mutineers bound on an island is to leave them to die slowly. Therefore, if you believe they will be dead soon, then you will have macabre warning signs to ward off others before long, making your buried treasure even safer.

[@notoriusbookworm48]

Bc he was drunk, as pirates often are. lol

[@xystem4701]

At 0:29 you made it look like the pirates were all bound on trees. Ruined the riddle for me

[@giuseppeforte8687]

Well, you can see a pirate who is not bound on a tree behing

[@herculesatan4514]

The ropes didn’t go around the tree. They were leaning on ‘em, resting against, but not bound to it.

[@forcedcomedy6271]

you an clearly see a pirate there not tied to a tree in the back

[@KillerTruffle]

@X-Ray Crystallography My problem was less the pirates being shown tied to trees (although that threw me slightly at first), but more the fact that even when a tree is directly behind another tree, you can still see parts of that other tree at minimum - leaves, branches, etc. Also, assuming these are palm trees, not only would the leaves be incredibly easier to see sticking out from behind the trunk of the closer tree, but each tree has a curvature, which would cause the trees themselves to be visible from behind for at least some of the pirates. For this riddle to work correctly, it needs to be explicitly clear as one of the parameters that when a tree is directly in line with another tree, it is in no way visible - even its leaves. Without this piece of information, the riddle really isn't solvable since it's not a logical assumption based on reality and perspective. (I'm not saying I disbelieve you solved the riddle - it just means you made the assumption regarding the trees that I didn't, and it's not necessarily a logical assumption to make.)

[@todabsolute]

r/facepalm

[@tcironbear21]

You guys made a HUGE mistake. You said the pirates were tied down, and then said the only thing on the island was trees. That means all the pirates were tied to trees. A pirate not tied to a tree could just wiggle around the island as he wished. Then compounded this problem by showing the pirates tied to trees in the animation. I wondered why this riddle was unsolvable. I realized early on that the pirate that saw only 2 trees had to have his view overlapped by the other trees. But if he in turn is not tied to a tree, he is not tied down.

[@cheetor18]

TC IronBear He did not sait they were tied down to trees. Just tied on different spots. Also the animation helps you imagine one of them tied only with a rope, probably unable to use his arms or legs to move around.

[@tcironbear21]

A man encased in rope, can still wiggle around. It might be slow going, but it is VERY possible. Think about, Can you think of any arrangement of rope that would leave you entirely immobile?

[@danielgehring7437]

TC IronBear Well... The neck, but I agree with your assessment. Besides if they were completely tied down they could still count shadows.

[@tcironbear21]

That just kills you. :-) You overshot immobilized.

[@Btburkhardt]

TC IronBear a proper hog tie.

[@SeanF7326]

I totally thought they were all tied to a tree, so I thought it was impossible

[@owenloh9300]

Sean Fraser but the rope cud be relly long

[@kapoink835]

+Owen Loh but then they could move

[@onbored9627]

it is possible with them tied to the trees, the solution is only slightly different

[@jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917]

At 0:25 you can clearly see that the pirates aren't tied to the trees. There's one pirate out in the middle without a tree, and everyone else's ropes are bound around the tree they're sitting next to.

[@annieliina]

@@onbored9627 no, the person saying they saw two trees would mean that they saw the tree they were tied to and another tree. that way all the trees would have to be in a straight line and therefore all the pirates would see 2 or 3 trees

[@Queen_Of_Discord]

“You find a massive pile of tree seeds” *MR BEAST WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@bluebeans356]

to the island with 6 trees

[@CatoonaTheMaster]

Fun fact, the island had 0 trees, they were illusions

[@ElektroMagnetizm]

@@CatoonaTheMaster then how were they tied??????

[@danielfishko1386]

Wouldn’t the each pirate have to be bound to a tree? Otherwise greenbeard just left them their and they could move freely on the island

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

*there - it's bad enough seeing people CONSTANTLY getting it wrong the other way round!

[@forcedcomedy6271]

moving freely on the island with their hands tied up and no way to get across the water

[@fos1451]

Always see the rule first! They say specific spot

[@benshcarrot4435]

You can't move if your arms and legs are tied up

[@helen654]

@@forcedcomedy6271 But if they can move on the island they can see all 6 trees and dig out the treasure or at least mark the spot if their hands are tied

[@mourgankdee]

The horse's name is Friday

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

It didn't mention a horse!

[@nm56342]

Mourgan K.D 😅😅😅.. my brain is still loading this riddle's answer

[@LughSummerson]

His mother is the doctor.

[@dolantrimp1691]

but what happened to the extra dollar?

[@loocie4636]

There is no electricity in the house.

[@avivastudios2311]

This artstyle is my absolute favourite. It's like an awesome picture book.

[@eforte-x8v]

"At least one of you have green eyes"

[@wizard1189]

At least one of you has a green beard

[@Epicly_Eating_Oranges]

@@wizard1189 are you Mr P. from piggy?

[@medexamtoolscom]

Oh shut up, there's one of you in every one of these videos, you think you're SOOooooo clever and original, and you're neither.

[@Epicly_Eating_Oranges]

@@medexamtoolscom please be nice

[@2Tooth4u]

LMAO

[@pareena3299]

I'm so happy that the riddles are back!!

[@azmeriliza3788]

I can't answer any of them 😣

[@baskaran600]

Yeah really nice riddles Movie Trench ! Guys don't miss this one

[@wynautvideos4263]

Lol me too

[@wizardswarrior]

pareena tamhankar same here

[@aceofspades6423]

pareena tamhankar I love the riddles!!!

[@multimhine]

nice one guys! But next time could you state clearly how the pirates were confined? At first I thought they were all tied up to a tree

[@mehking4078]

Hold on..... the illustration of the pirates being tied up to a tree would be confusing because it would mean that the person that sees 2 trees would actually see 1 tree and they are bound to another tree making the riddle impossible. I get what is being projected in the end but it would be much better if an illustration of them tied up under the sand is illustrated. Anyways, good riddle just contradicting illustrations.

[@Gukslaven]

Edbert Mawlin Agree, I just wasted my time with this one. I assumed they were tied, which makes it impossible. In fact if they weren't tied, when did they see their trees? Did they get washed off, take one last look each, and then were washed into the ocean?? Seriously poorly presented riddle.

[@Stratelier]

We can probably assume that should any pirate be tied up _to_ a tree they would be able to see that tree in addition to any others they can spy from their vantage point. So the solution actually still holds.

[@Gukslaven]

Stratelier I don't think so: using the solution at 3:37, every pirate needs to be at a specific place, and none of them are tied to a tree.

[@Stratelier]

Using the example shown at @3:24 it is easy to find locations where a pirate could be tied up against a tree and see only 3,4,5,6 trees (including the one he's tied to). For example, a pirate tied to the southern side of the lower tree along the left 'line' can only see five trees, while a pirate tied to the western edge of the left tree along the bottom 'line' can only see three. As for the pirate who can only see two trees, again this requires that the six trees must form two intersecting lines, but if he were tied up to one of the trees in question this would simply mean that his tree is located approximately at the intersect point too. So for the example around @3:35, imagine taking the 'two' pirate and tying him to the south side of the tree along his left line, while the three trees on the other line are in a different arrangement such that he is collinear with all of them (and thus only sees one). The solution isn't about finding an exact layout of trees on a given island, but to figure out a generic property that can be used to rule out islands that _aren't_ the one we're looking for. And yes, this isn't the obvious connotation of how the original question was phrased.

[@Gukslaven]

Stratelier Very good explanation - though I did consider that a pirate might not be able to see behind him when tied, however at the pause screen (1:23) they say "they could look all around" which to me meant a 360 degree view, which I can imagine if the tree is thin. Anyway, I would agree it is a good problem if they updated the pause screen with "but cannot see behind himself".

[@SciencewithKatie]

I really love the little quotes at the start of all the videos 💛

[@MarkWTK]

here's a little congratulation to you being featured on the video :)

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They have your comment from last time at kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnTInJ-NZ8pplac :) PS: you are doing great work at your channel, keep it up. There are channels with Maths videos from 2012 times which are very useful to me today. Your channel would be a treasure trove in 2-3 years for a lot of students :)

[@derpycats8072]

Hey look it’s the person in the video

[@SciencewithKatie]

天吉Mark Thank you! I was like AAHHH when I saw it 🙊😊

[@SciencewithKatie]

Vikash Singh haha I know, how crazy 😊 Thank you, that’s really kind to say! I hope they will help someone somewhere! 💛

[@thelookofdisapproval8234]

there was no data about the arrangement of trees on the islands, then how did he say "fortunately only one island has 2 non parrallel lines of trees"

[@rylaicrestfall2500]

Kartikey Gautam i know right, this riddle is like the assignment I had when I was in preschool that my dad can't help me with because it's a story told by my teacher. So he literally do not have a data about the story. Same goes here. You just have to assume everything. It's not a riddle at all. It's a who-can-make-magical-data-out-of-thin-air kind of anecdote.

[@duckymomo7935]

I think they were concerned about the theory: your algorithm Finding the actual island wasn’t the point

[@zpinn8242]

The question was 'what does the island with Greenbeard's treasure look like from a bird's perspective?' We don't need data of the islands to figure that out.

[@TheQazqazwsx]

he is flying over them with a baloon, is in the first part of the video

[@TheRMeerkerk]

As Zpinn already said, the goal wasn't to find an actual island, but to find a description of what the island looks like. I'd also like to note that they made very clear rules at 1:25. The actual answer did not contain any information that came from thin air. (The actual answer was an island with either two lines with 3 trees or an island with one line of 4 trees and another line of 2 trees)

[@letsjam4075]

anyone else thought they are tied to a tree and not sitting around anywhere on an island? that is way more difficult ;)

[@casonscarce978]

Yeah, the video was misleading. Because if someone was tied to a tree, that meant to only see 2 there was only 2 lines of trees again that cross at a tree. But then there is no tree from which you can see all 6 trees.

[@IrvingIV]

@@casonscarce978 Nobody was tied to trees though, some of them were just leaning on them. The ropes didn't go around the trees.

[@IrvingIV]

0:26

[@Humam4327]

“Green” beard No wonder his treasure was seeds XD

[@CardboardArm]

If one of the summary points is that "they can look around but not move" please draw a picture of the pirates tied up where that's actually true or mention it in the spoken text. The solution also doesn't work with palm trees because of their shape, you should have used something like cyprus trees or easter island heads instead (or made the island look huge). This riddle is fairly easy if you skip straight to the written text and stupidly hard if you try to get the information out of the description before it.

[@johnbagel2560]

You know what, I am getting better at these. If I ever encounter a cryptic villain I will be prepared, thanks TED.

[@caiovelasco1303]

Funny how the pirate "without something blocking his view" is actually wearing an eyepatch at 1:53 😅

[@walkerfan6341]

I mean... yo... you can't argue with that.

[@aashay38]

East or west Ted ed is the best.

[@azmeriliza3788]

Aashay Bongulwar first time seeing red ed giving someone ❤

[@aashay38]

Azmeri Liza ikr

[@nakulsindhwani1841]

Aashay Bongulwar what about north-south

[@aashay38]

nakul sindhwani it's not allowed to talk about North Korea if you know what I mean.😊

[@Jolly789]

Why do Indians always use this sentence?

[@travisballard6340]

I love how all or the adventures of the viewers are connected in one way or another,its pretty funny and cool!

[@fqidz]

Plot twist: You needed a key to open the chest

[@danielgehring7437]

Meowthful 127 Plot twist: the real treasure was the friendships we made along the way.

[@cobbcoding]

@@danielgehring7437 Plot twist: I'm replying to comments from 2 years ago

[@gumbitoicic9977]

@@cobbcoding I do too because it's fun

[@gumbitoicic9977]

@@danielgehring7437 Friendship is a LIE

[@ShrimpFry_Cute]

@@cobbcoding plot twist: I'm a new borned baby

[@oNtuobAwoH]

This was rather easy to solve, but it should have been put clearly enough that the trees are able to fully block one another, because it's otherwise logical to presume that at least the crowns of trees would be visible one behind the other, since they are of equal height, therefore making their crowns appear lower the further they are (from the ground level, of course).

[@bankasai3120]

I paused the video at 1:27 and decided to solve the riddle. Here is my answer. If I’m correct, then the pirate who saw 2 trees must have been on an island with the trees all lined up in a row. From where he sat, it would look there were only two trees, because the other trees were obscured by the trees in front of him. This means that wherever these two lines of trees intersect, would be where the treasure lies.

[@kushbishnoi7661]

EVERYTIME THAT QUOTE IN THE BEGINNING MAKES A SHRILL RUN DOWN MY SPINE! Great content!!

[@SwecrafterSlom]

Wow first time I did it

[@David-kd4qr]

I didn't because I thought if they were tied up they could have trees behind them that they couldn't see...

[@slmtv7699]

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[@user-pw8kc9le1e]

Same! 😭

[@rhaikh]

yeah I wish these videos weren't so ambiguous. they always have some ambiguity. This one was impossible

[@XCM666]

I might be mistaken, but I think most of them aren't ambiguous at all if you carefully read the rules. This one wasn't, the rules stated that the pirates could see everything around them. And this one was also the first one I actually solved. Altough I tried to do it in my head and couldn't really imagine how the pirates could be placed so that they would only see 3, 4 or 5 trees. I came up with the 2 line solution nonetheless.

[@kaushikgupta9490]

Plz guys never ever ever stop the riddle videos , they are just awesome !

[@annadupont7615]

Here's another solution assuming that the pirates are tied to the trees: the 6 trees are situated in a slight arc pattern, and the pirates are tied to the trees so they're facing slightly toward the outside of the arc. Thus the pirates can only see the trees in front of them and the tree that they're tied to (they can look up and see the tree). They can't see the trees behind them because of the angle that they're facing and the tree they're tied to blocks their view.

[@gifgoldblum7940]

Guys, the rules were typed out before the solution. If the pirates were tied to the trees, it would have said so. Plus, at 0:26 there's a pirate who's not tied to a tree, so don't blame the cartoon, blame your incorrect presumptions.

[@alpho789]

none of them are tied to trees, that’s just kinda where they’re sitting

[@stopfidgetting]

Ok, wait a sec, how did Greenbeard sail off the island without his crew? Also, how did he manage to go against his entire crew and win? And how did the pirates get exactly one vantage point on the island? Did Greenbeard walk them to their spots blindfolded and then say "now don't move an inch, I'm gonna go bury my treasure" and the mutinous crew was just like "yeah ok"?

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

seems legit.

[@someguyeban]

they just tied them up... one by one.

[@itsScottyJ]

I’ve been flunking my way through all these TED-Ed riddles and yet this only I got instantly. Pretty proud of myself, more so if I could just fall asleep

[@lonex6873]

All I need is the map of the grand line so I can find One Piece

[@crisp-waffle]

Lmao, you gotta get past mr 3 first.

[@abz006mukalazi3]

And then miss Wednesday

[@crisp-waffle]

eventually you will even have to fight doflamingo!

[@captainking9455]

Lonex and then u have to beat kaido

[@ayanmaity3239]

Riddles are the best videos Ted-ed has ever produced

[@snuggs3628]

Man I miss these riddle videos

[@mattchandler2387]

YAY! A RIDDLE! I think this deserves an international holiday, in my opinion

[@CB-lh4ph]

I love these riddle videos

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[@devils9844]

Please make more riddles.

[@MONKEYDLUFFY-ci6wh]

Green bread? Finding treasure? OK admit it TED ED you love One Piece

[@cristophilip7926]

There's also a guy called Greenbeard in Pirates of the Carribean.

[@lotteverbrugge1616]

Cristo Philip you mean Blackbeard?

[@taliagauvain-hartley8814]

I love one piece too

[@mohammedmhilal4129]

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[@aClovey]

This is like the first riddle I solved

[@Revanaught]

I think this is genuinely the first riddle I was able to solve without any help!

[@Da1KingDuk]

cap

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[@rateupx8323]

Well, tree seed smuggling was what brought about the end of the Amazon rubber monopoly and made rubber widely available worldwide, so under certain circumstances tree seeds can be really valuable…

[@gamefaq5089]

Sorry for the translator. Is it me or the final answer simply can't be true. As we see in the beginning and learn from the conditions THEY are TIED and CAN'T MOVE. This implies that they are tied to something, but nothing except trees on this island, NO!!! Now let's look at the island, which was shown as an answer. All 5 pirates are located far from the trees, it turns out that they do not interfere with the move, and this contradicts the conditions.

[@jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917]

If they had been tied to trees they wouldn't have been washed away to sea. Simple.

[@sunmikim9051]

I watch 3 riddles a day at home and now we watch at at the end of the day at school because I shared it!

[@htaylor8151]

TED-ED Please do a video on LOGICAL FALLACIES

[@TK-ul2vp]

How can these videos get any better??!!! My GT teacher recommended you TED-Ed!

[@johnbagel2560]

Oh that pun in the end. So cringy yet so perfect.

[@americantoastman7296]

how is it "cringy". People toss that word around way too much lmao

[@miraclekim7140]

thank you TED - ED !!!! I learn how to get this riddle solve!!!!

[@katalynahogge2181]

Omg I saw the notification and I said "YES ANOTHER ONE CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT"

[@t87871]

These riddles are my favourite part of this channel!! And the mythology videos!!

[@jyotishkaraychoudhury6503]

The last part of the solution made me sad. 😩 They should have mentioned that all the arrangements are different or unique. This will make the problem perfect.

[@NoMouthNoScream]

This riddle is now one of my favorite

[@lemonboi9131]

Somehow I thought this said “Can you solve the Grilled Cheese riddle?” idk why

[@masadius]

*saw* is a key word. because they saw it doesn't mean that's the number of trees. which means the location of all the trees are very important for a precise and certain answer. and since you mentioned there were 100 islands... well this riddle is basically impossible. e: not to mention the other dilemma that everyone is talking about.

[@GaryLuKOTH]

I solved it so it is definitely possible.

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Does BRILLIANT plan to have an app?

[@tsukuyomin]

already does

[@Pikopati]

Do you plan to look for it before asking?

[@looshioe2692]

maybe he commented so that when other people look down in the comment section they'll instantly know that there's an app, public discussion board right here

[@lotteverbrugge1616]

Looshioe thanks

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Pls never stop making riddles

[@nemogage8392]

I love these riddles because it is actually achievable to solve.

[@reaisix112]

These riddles are my favourite series on youtube.

[@Macieks300]

the other solutions is that all pirates were drunk and/or delirious and/or couldn't count to 6

[@danielgehring7437]

Macieks300 Or they kill you and take your ship. They're _pirates_.

[@mitchells2427]

Lmao that joke at the end was funny. Please keep making these

[@PointOnPoint]

i believe that this riddle is purely based on assumption. Which mean it lacks any analogy or relation between facts.

[@TheRMeerkerk]

They gave 4 specific rules at 1:25 which were imo very clear. Everything they mentioned in the answer that was also mentioned in the four rules.

[@PointOnPoint]

Condition given seems invalid, because it might not possible that tree on the same lane completely overshadow the other tree.

[@cheetor18]

sunny singh although chances are slim irl for this to happen, use your imagination a bit. Have you ever been inside a young forest to see how many trees are blocking your view? You are trying to discredit the riddle too soon. It s not impossible to imagine such a scenario.

[@sugiartokahar938]

sunny singh oh my god.. Dude... Are you knew in this riddle segmen??? You just have to use the 4 data. That's it And now, read the question. There are 2 question right? After that, you can make an guest. Because this episode do not show us a formation of the tree, we can't chose anytthing. so we have to make a theory about that problem. That is what ted-ed want in this episode... Any theory... Just write it..

[@kabz3354]

agreed...this riddle is illogical

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[@itsme4234]

These riddles are very ambiguous at the start

[@Infinitetimer74]

Ted ed makes me so much smarter and the creators deserve to go to heaven

[@zhongliangcai602]

Of course it’s worth it! One tree seed=one dollar. Go team trees!

[@justlaughitoutyo]

Pat Smith's animation for the win!

[@jrpipik]

Shouldn't have shown pirates tied to the trees. Kinda screws up the final formation.

[@thomasraywood679]

Yes, Daniel, ANY 2 and 4-tree Vee will work, no matter what the size of the island is, because there will be one and only one spot from which only two trees can be seen, there will be two and only two spots from which only three trees can be seen, and there will be three and only three spots from which only four trees can be seen. How many spots there are from which only five trees can be seen depends on how far apart the trees are from each other in each of the two lines, and then how large the island is relative to those distances. In any event, it's a finite number. What is not true, however, is that ANY 3 and 3-tree Vee will work. As you can discern just from assessing the frame at 3:11 -- there's no spot where one possibly could stand and see only three trees. And even when irregular spacing does combine with sufficient room to make such a thing possible -- such as what you model at frame 3:31 -- this amounts to a complete one-off type situation, and not just one where you can say that "as long as there's a point of convergence." Many and in fact most 3 and 3-tree Vees would not work, while there are no occasions where a 2 and 4-tree Vee would NOT work, so long as the point of convergence is on land.

[@benjaminamirazodi1396]

Team trees before it happened

[@tioclareawnce]

the seeds absorb alot of water so the storm wont be effective enough to drown them or smth else

[@calicat6120]

This is the first one I’ve ever solved correctly! 😄 love these riddle videos!

[@davidmcconkie84]

Haha same

[@JessCoady]

This is a great comment I love them too!

[@bradymiller2976]

This is my favorite type of TEDED video!

[@DerpxGames]

I’m confused because what if someone was facing the ocean and another tree next to you?

[@remixtheidiot5771]

I love these riddles, People who can't solve these riddles can casually watch them to learn a thing, While people who can, can use these riddles as a test of their mettle.

[@SidPil]

A tree doesn't have the exact same shape as a different tree, you could still see two trees even if they were on the same line of sight. Even if hypothetically all trees had identical shape (and even if you ignored the wind and the fact that the pirates can just slightly move their necks), it still wouldn't work since it would only make it seem like one tree from one line of sight, it would still look like multiple trees from other POVs. Also if they weren't tied to the trees and there's nothing else on the island, were they just tied down to sand?

[@StickUpStan]

Thanks TED-Ed for the riddles!

[@GreyJolly]

Well I could've solved this if I had some sort of list of the islands or if the task was to draw an island that coukd work, but as it is now some information is missing, you can't tell at the end "Since there's only one island with two non-parallel..." WELL HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT?

[@hephaestus9901]

GreyJolly the point is to draw an island on which the treasure is located

[@papillon2066]

It’s 3 am, I can’t stop watching these riddles!!

[@LittleParade_]

All y'all's riddles are just math problems in disguise

[@jimgabrielsen]

This is the only riddle I've ever gotten from the TedEd series

[@ContinualImprovement]

*before the video even starts* “probably not”

[@raihanakram530]

Ted ed is AWESOME!!

[@LasVegar]

The tresure is under ground

[@alexlequesne2300]

Im so hyped for these riddles!!

[@Foronsonarld]

At the beggining you say the pirates are tied to trees, so this solution can not be right, every pirate would also see 1 more tree where the other pirates are tied.

[@jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917]

Wrong. If they had been tied to the trees they wouldn't have been washed to sea. Besides at 0:29 notice how none of the ropes are tied to the trees AND there's one pirate not tied to a tree. TED-Ed simply said the pirates were tied down, not tied to a tree.

[@zayaray999]

I would like to point out the fact that at 0:27 it shows 3 pirates tied to trees. If they showed that the pirates were not bound so closely to trees... I still doubt that I would've been able to solve this. But with them being tied to trees (or so I thought) I raised the question (only from the theory where they are ACTUALLY TIED TO TREES) that one of them could not see 6 trees from being already bound to one. My solution to the problem (still the one where they are tied to trees) is to find the island with a total of 7 trees and not just six. Needless to say the answer was wrong because THE FLIBBIN PIRATES WERE NOT TIED UP TO THE TREES IN THE FIRST PLACE. I might have wasted my time overthinking all of what the question was asking but now I'm just wasting my time writing this.

[@hilopeople594]

But it said they were tied to trees. So if a pirate saw 6 trees, they probably wouldn't count the one they're tied to unless if their front perspective, could only see at most 5 trees in front of them. So, technically, that island where you found the treasure, the crew would have to be tied up to something else. So the crew would have to be lying. But if they lied about that, they could lie about giving you the treasure. And now I'm criticizing the logic of Ted-Ed videos. What has my life come to?

[@OhSeeBarber]

I didnt say that you NUNCE

[@videogamemusic2962]

It never said they were tied to trees

[@SingularPhasmid]

Plot twist: The pirates are actually delirious from dehydration.

[@wroughtiron6031]

I though that they had to be tied to trees

[@limerence8365]

I got the impression that at 0:25 that the Pirates were tied to the trees. The guy who only saw two trees would see his own an another.

[@htxdy]

I found the solution by scratching the possible island, i actually made the same exact island as 3:31 but rotated about 270°. I guess i solved it :/

[@tharunlogeishwaran6283]

These riddles are amazing!

[@herrabanani]

This is your worst riddle yet

[@midnighthowler1921]

Yay im soo satisfied wheb theres riddles!!! Pls make more

[@スクマアンガラ]

Finally..!!! Thank you Ted-Ed

[@chihabbennaser5693]

This is the greatest series ever keep up the good work