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  • @kiel7142
    @kiel7142 9 місяців тому +1861

    There's a special spot in heaven for anyone who creates mathematical problems where the answer is 0, 1, 10, or 100

    • @poopyfarts42069
      @poopyfarts42069 9 місяців тому +9

      😂

    • @Homer_Simpson248
      @Homer_Simpson248 9 місяців тому +117

      For people who make the answer a whole number

    • @arnoygayen1984
      @arnoygayen1984 9 місяців тому +78

      Nah just making it an integer is good enough

    • @tylermcnally8232
      @tylermcnally8232 9 місяців тому +3

      Sounds like a fake spot

    • @itachu.
      @itachu. 8 місяців тому +12

      and those with pi as well

  • @FlyGuy2000
    @FlyGuy2000 8 місяців тому +590

    Life would be so much simpler if we could put a box around things that look important.

    • @vexinum3837
      @vexinum3837 8 місяців тому +7

      you can

    • @Walkingthrough1
      @Walkingthrough1 8 місяців тому +1

      @@vexinum3837 how do you put a box around things that are important in life?

    • @sinrj9028
      @sinrj9028 8 місяців тому +35

      ​@@Walkingthrough1 you put a box around them.

    • @KenjiLaurvick
      @KenjiLaurvick 8 місяців тому

      ​@sinrj9028 how do you put a box around your thoughts

    • @tommycharest-athletecoach5813
      @tommycharest-athletecoach5813 8 місяців тому +8

      ​@@KenjiLaurvick wear a box as a helmet

  • @Masfugo
    @Masfugo 8 місяців тому +80

    I want this man's ability to breakdown things
    didnt even thought about checking angles
    wow

    • @sampyuays
      @sampyuays 8 місяців тому +3

      think*

    • @User-jr7vf
      @User-jr7vf 8 місяців тому +4

      You will get it with time, if you keep practicing.

    • @king_halcyon
      @king_halcyon 8 місяців тому +1

      Well, the similarity thing was the first one I noticed. Bet he found out from comparing the angles. Just observe everything.

  • @miellehubbard4701
    @miellehubbard4701 9 місяців тому +369

    One day..I’ll solve the problem before watching the video

  • @naynorth9947
    @naynorth9947 9 місяців тому +533

    Me seeing my homework: "This looks important, let's put a box around it"

    • @rubetz528
      @rubetz528 8 місяців тому +10

      I do this at work as well, in several different colors actually.

    • @konradyearwood5845
      @konradyearwood5845 8 місяців тому +2

      The problem with that is you cannot tell the teacher that your dog ate it!

    • @marilynman
      @marilynman 8 місяців тому +3

      Proceeds to put the notebook in a box.

  • @jobaecker9752
    @jobaecker9752 8 місяців тому +179

    Once again, I over-complicated my approach and had to abandon my work. Then I watched your thought process. How exciting.

  • @Danbotics
    @Danbotics 9 місяців тому +87

    I must admit that I usually find videos that have a catch phrase at the end super annoying. That said, whenever something cool happens in my life I now find myself saying “how exciting!” So well played sir! Keep up the great work. ❤

  • @CatDogDailyPosts
    @CatDogDailyPosts Місяць тому +3

    With just a 13, bro was about to calculate the mass of the sun 💀

  • @abzs5811
    @abzs5811 9 місяців тому +36

    I respect this man, he is single-handedly, making us smarter if we pay attention!
    Cheers b 🤙🏽

    • @VK-pk8uz
      @VK-pk8uz 9 місяців тому +1

      Every teacher ever: "am I a joke to you?"

    • @melikmourali2072
      @melikmourali2072 8 місяців тому +2

      Nope. You're the one making yourself smart by trying to solve the problem. He's just there to help when you give up, succeed or fail.
      Respect to the guy obviously, his presentation is great.

  • @kangkongfan5305
    @kangkongfan5305 8 місяців тому +5

    Bro I love watching math problems from you they’re so satisfying, how exciting.

  • @alecDeloyed
    @alecDeloyed 8 місяців тому +33

    If my teachers had taught me as you explain, I would have loved mathematics more than I do.

  • @sbubby4548
    @sbubby4548 25 днів тому

    *Andy receiving his Nobel Prize* “That looks important, let’s put a box around it.”
    Love you Andy

  • @WhiteWolf-lm7gj
    @WhiteWolf-lm7gj 8 місяців тому +10

    Was not expecting to hop onto youtube today and learn more math from a stereotypical looking college frat bro in under 4 minutes than I did all semester in my calculus class, but very informative!

    • @ambiguousdrink4067
      @ambiguousdrink4067 8 місяців тому

      Look, I like to dunk on how unhelpful maths classes sometimes are, but this is literally just familiar triangles, pythagorean theorem and simple arythmatic. Any 15 year old with a B in maths should solve this in 5 minutes tops.

  • @grassiscoolguys
    @grassiscoolguys 6 місяців тому

    1:50 The way I would've done it from here is this:
    Make b = 4a -13
    Plug in: a + 4(4a - 13) = 4a
    16a + a - 52 = 4a
    17a - 4a = 52
    13a = 52
    a = 4
    Plug in a = 4 for the equation for b
    4(4) - 13 = b
    16 - 13 = b
    3 = b
    Solve for the smallest triangles hypotenuse (3^2 + 4^2 = c^2)
    The smallest triangle is a 3 4 5 triangle (special right triangle), so c = 5
    Solve for the squares
    5 * 5 = 25
    Since there's 4 squares: 25 * 4 = 100
    That's our answer, I'm not sure if my way takes any longer, I just don't like dealing with fractions at all

  • @1985WUCT
    @1985WUCT 9 місяців тому +7

    Maths has never been so reasonable before 🤩

  • @memories8202
    @memories8202 2 місяці тому

    Idk anything about math, in fact I've stop doing math at 15, but I really enjoyed learning this topic back in school, now I'm completly washed up ofc. But god, I love this channel !

  • @darkbluemars
    @darkbluemars 8 місяців тому +3

    One thing I learned is if it looks important, put a box around it.

  • @herrahz5894
    @herrahz5894 8 місяців тому +1

    It feels amazing to be able to solve it in the same time as you even tho my last maths class was almost 5 years ago

  • @SiddharthHarsh
    @SiddharthHarsh 9 місяців тому +20

    My exams are coming, and i am watching this for no reason

    • @SiddharthHarsh
      @SiddharthHarsh 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes

    • @aalekhjain2682
      @aalekhjain2682 9 місяців тому +1

      SST? Kitni taiyari hogyi?

    • @aalekhjain2682
      @aalekhjain2682 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Rohan92736 😂😂 divided by distance ,United by boards

    • @SiddharthHarsh
      @SiddharthHarsh 8 місяців тому +1

      @@aalekhjain2682 economics aur geography complete ho gaya hai history aur civics ke liya digraj sir ka notes hai 😅

    • @aalekhjain2682
      @aalekhjain2682 8 місяців тому

      @@SiddharthHarsh yar Mera abhi sirf civics hua hai, economics aadha ho gaya aaj kar lunga. Kal history pura + geography thoda aur parso geography khatam kar dunga. Fir 1 sample paper dunga Digraj sir ka

  • @joshsambrook-smith684
    @joshsambrook-smith684 4 місяці тому

    This is absolutely brilliant. You are my hero.

  • @AzureKyle
    @AzureKyle 8 місяців тому

    Solving this before watching the video. So, the square on the bottom combined with the angles on either side of it on the bottom line is 180 degrees. The square has a 90-degree angle which is translated to the two 90-degree angles on the bottom edges of the large square. The angles on the sides of the bottom square also translate to the opposite angles of the two triangles on either side of the shaded area, showing that the triangles are the same, just differently scaled. The hypotenuse of both triangles also matches up with the shaded area, with the smaller triangle being the same as the side of one square, while the larger triangle matches with the side of all four squares. Labeling the sides of the triangle similar to the Pythagorean theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2), the side of the square is c, while the rectangle made up of four squares is 4c. This also shows that the larger triangle is 4x as big as the smaller one, so we'll also label the longer ends a and 4a, and the shorter ends b and 4b. This then shows that the sides of the large square are equal to 4a, 4b+a, and 13+b. So, if we start with 4b+a=13+b and subtract 4b from both sides, we get that a=13-3b. Multiply both sides by 4 and you get 4a=52-12b. Now, since 4a also = 13+b, we can say 13+b=52-12b. subtract 13 from both sides and add 12b to both sides and you wind up with 13b=39. Then you divide both sides by 13 to get b=3. Plug that back into 4a=13+b to get 4a=13+3 or 4a=16. Divide both sides by 4 to get a=4. Now, by using the Pythagorean theorem, we can determine that these are 3, 4, 5 right triangles, meaning that c=5 (a^2+b^2=c^2, 3^2+4^2=c^2, 9+16=c^2, 25=c^2, c=5) Now, the area of the small square is the square of the side, being 25. Multiply that by four squares, and you get the total area of the shaded rectangle to be 100. (conversely, you could multiply the side by 4 to get 20 for the long leg of the rectangle, and then multiply that by the shorter side of 5, to get the area of 100 as well)

  • @fylosofer
    @fylosofer 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice. My solve was similar, but I labeled the shorter leg a and longer leg b, and I multiplied by 4 rather than dividing by 4 and avoided having to use any fractions.

  • @yb3604
    @yb3604 9 місяців тому +3

    awesome question, and well-solved and explained.
    i thought they asked for the shaded area that is within the square
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    it's 725/8, if anyone cares

  • @teddyschmaggins
    @teddyschmaggins 8 місяців тому +4

    I'm not sure if this is just the perspective of Andy's camera or the room or if he is tall, but it looks like he is about to hit the ceiling, no? If this is some secret joke to make it seem he is 9ft tall that'd be amazing.
    That was another fun problem, I adore your enthusiasm, and humour, its good fun! So good on ya my man! Have a nice day! :)

  • @m2ral
    @m2ral 8 місяців тому

    This guy making the world a better place

  • @KrytenKoro
    @KrytenKoro 10 днів тому

    4b+a=13 +b> a=13-3b
    4b+a=4a > 4b=3a
    4b=69-9b
    B=3
    A=4
    C=5
    Area=100

  • @Evileex
    @Evileex 3 місяці тому

    I like it gives a distance of 13 and you completely ignore it and still solve it.

  • @vanhdesu
    @vanhdesu 8 місяців тому +3

    i solved it in a different way but got to the same answer, feels nice

    • @kaitek666
      @kaitek666 8 місяців тому

      do you remember what you did? can you tell us?

    • @vanhdesu
      @vanhdesu 8 місяців тому

      ​@@kaitek666imgur.com/a/AxMbvaH Here's the image and how I labelled it.
      So I started by proving congruent triangles the same way.
      △ABC ᔕ △A'BC', therefore, AB/A'B = BC/BC'
      (x-13)/sqrt(16y^2-x^2) = y/4y = 1/4
      4(x-13) = sqrt(16y^2 - x^2) (*)
      We have: x = AC + CA' = sqrt(y^2 - (x-13)^2) + sqrt(16y^2 - x^2)
      Substitution with (*) we get:
      x = sqrt(y^2 - (16y^2 - x^2)/16) + 4(x - 13)
      x = sqrt(x^2/16) +4x -52
      3x + x/4 = 52
      -> x = 16
      -> y = 5
      -> Area of shaded area = 4y^2 = 100 (sq units)
      Hope this helps!

  • @Situayo
    @Situayo 9 місяців тому +2

    Love this one. How exciting

  • @youandremadeira
    @youandremadeira 7 місяців тому

    I LOVE the lets put a box around it

  • @caseygreyson4178
    @caseygreyson4178 9 місяців тому +2

    0:57 you missed one piece of information (but obviously it didn’t make much of a difference), the side length of blue-green on the larger triangle has a length of 13 + b of the smaller triangle.

    • @chrisjfox8715
      @chrisjfox8715 9 місяців тому

      1:43

    • @caseygreyson4178
      @caseygreyson4178 9 місяців тому

      @@chrisjfox8715 I know, my point is that he didn’t establish that earlier, implying that the information was not available yet, even though it was.

  • @californiaholtz
    @californiaholtz 8 місяців тому +1

    I'd like to see Andy solving these real-time

  • @freebeerecords
    @freebeerecords 8 місяців тому

    This channel looks important, Let’s put a sub around it. How exciting.

  • @wesleydellinger4344
    @wesleydellinger4344 8 місяців тому +1

    Good work Mr. Math. One more problem down

  • @PierroCh5
    @PierroCh5 8 місяців тому

    My good sir, I walk through a world in which "fun" and "math" are impossible to fit in the same sentence.

  • @DBoss1009
    @DBoss1009 8 місяців тому

    As soon as I looked at it I knew there were going to be some similar triangles and then I thought "how... exciting"

  • @stoicmadi9704
    @stoicmadi9704 2 місяці тому

    ... brilliant as always ...

  • @awesomeaman113
    @awesomeaman113 9 місяців тому +1

    Ok but that fact about the Pythagorean Triple triangle was just showing off.

    • @qwjk1
      @qwjk1 8 місяців тому

      how

  • @omalol-n4w
    @omalol-n4w 11 днів тому

    is there a way to solve it if the problem is "What is the area of the shaded region within the black box?"

  • @MiniNoahTheWorm
    @MiniNoahTheWorm 8 місяців тому

    Yeah so I had a way worse way of solving it and I still can't confirm if it works because I tried it on the calculator twice and it failed :)
    Anyway, I used the two similar triangles that you used but then decided that I would call the side of the big square x and write the side of a red square in terms of x by using the small triangle in the bottom left corner. I then created a new triangle by connecting the point the shaded area intersects on the left side and the top right corner. That triangle would have the sides x, 13, and sqrt((85x^2)/16-130x+845)
    If it's already wrong at this point or if I messed something up beyond that I do not know but tl;dr my method could probably work but it's too messy and I'm too lazy to figure out what the problem is

  • @Purplepentapus_
    @Purplepentapus_ 8 місяців тому

    I had a gut feeling it was gonna be a 3,4,5 triangle. The proportions are just so recognizable

    • @Lillmackish
      @Lillmackish 8 місяців тому

      Yeah. The few times I've been punished for assuming a figure is to scale unless stated otherwise just won't let any geometrical intuition rest well within me 😂

    • @Purplepentapus_
      @Purplepentapus_ 8 місяців тому

      @@Lillmackish i mean yeah, you've still gotta confirm it lol

  • @thederpydude2088
    @thederpydude2088 8 місяців тому

    I loved the part where he said a bunch of crazy and unexpected logic that actually made sense (basically the whole video) lol

  • @momomunsta8887
    @momomunsta8887 8 місяців тому +1

    someone should put a box around you because your important!

  • @Marisueksu
    @Marisueksu 9 місяців тому +2

    the 13 skipped entirely, nice

    • @Cheasle2
      @Cheasle2 9 місяців тому +2

      13 was needed to solve the problem, otherwise it was impossible

    • @Marisueksu
      @Marisueksu 9 місяців тому

      oh yea missed that nice

  • @DandoPorsaco-ho1zs
    @DandoPorsaco-ho1zs 8 місяців тому

    I neglected to use the ratio 1:40 of the sides, so I went straight into trigonometric ratios... and solved it, but in a slightly harder way, but without Pythagoras.

  • @infernogaming1907
    @infernogaming1907 8 місяців тому

    I thought It was asking for the shaded area enclosed in the box, would you be able to work that out without any additional information?

    • @the_verTigO
      @the_verTigO 7 місяців тому

      The shaded part that sticks out at the top is also one of those similar triangles, right angle pointing up this time. You know that one side of that triangle is 5 and you also know that another side is 3/4 times 5. Both these sides are next to the right angle so you just multiply them with each other and divide by 2 to get the area of that triangle.
      5*(3/4)*5
      =5*(15/4)
      =75/4
      (75/4)/2=75/8
      Then subtract that from 100 (the whole shaded area).
      100-(75/8)
      =(800/8)-(75/8)
      =725/8

  • @DaBruhMe
    @DaBruhMe 9 місяців тому +7

    &E,
    AND E,
    ANDY
    ...
    How exciting

  • @ralfe2212
    @ralfe2212 8 місяців тому

    There are math channels on UA-cam, which make from a simple x-equation a 5 minute video clip. Bummer. And your stuff? I'm not the dumbest in using math, but when i see one of your problems, i usually go: huh? what? HOW? And then you solve it in 3-4 minutes, using just simple algebra and geometry. Awesome!

  • @Architools
    @Architools 8 місяців тому

    I'm so glad cad programs exist 😂

  • @danielcrompton7818
    @danielcrompton7818 8 місяців тому

    I think we need more information like how those those triangles are the same

  • @MARSHT0MP404
    @MARSHT0MP404 8 місяців тому

    i thought we were solving for the area of the shaded squares inside the black box

  • @ivishnuwu82
    @ivishnuwu82 8 місяців тому

    That feeling when you solve it before watching the video...

  • @seohix
    @seohix 8 місяців тому

    What if I wanted the area inside the original square box?

  • @VincenzoCiancaglini
    @VincenzoCiancaglini 8 місяців тому

    What software do you use for the animations?

  • @mixieboots5058
    @mixieboots5058 8 місяців тому

    So, the area of the red squares in the big square is 90.625! Fun!

  • @TheSkinnyZ
    @TheSkinnyZ 8 місяців тому

    This title is already a paradox in itself!

  • @skipelen
    @skipelen 8 місяців тому

    The evil I tetris piece is messing with my perfect square, Calculate his area to bombard it

  • @Konzon
    @Konzon 9 місяців тому +2

    Nice!

  • @vanillacube8159
    @vanillacube8159 3 місяці тому

    similar triangles were hell...

  • @davidglanfield7985
    @davidglanfield7985 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful.

  • @aalekhjain2682
    @aalekhjain2682 9 місяців тому

    Scale factor? Whats that? Anyone help

  • @karagumruk2104
    @karagumruk2104 6 місяців тому

    Good job.

  • @mantevian
    @mantevian 8 місяців тому +1

    Solved before watching! I love when the answer is magically exactly 100

  • @grqfes
    @grqfes 8 місяців тому

    i thought you had to cut it off at the top

  • @BeltMethodUser
    @BeltMethodUser 8 місяців тому

    Please make a desmos music tutorial, i cant find any

  • @narimene887
    @narimene887 8 місяців тому

    How exciting!

  • @denigrisdaniele
    @denigrisdaniele 8 місяців тому

    amazing!

  • @Chaosbringer77
    @Chaosbringer77 5 місяців тому

    Sorry wait how do you mathematically prove that both triangles angles are equivalent

    • @glenn4919
      @glenn4919 4 місяці тому +1

      They have a shared angle and a 90° angle. The third angle would have to be the same. Duh!

  • @nabil4389
    @nabil4389 9 місяців тому +1

    How exciting

  • @dynamic_pointer_cast
    @dynamic_pointer_cast 3 місяці тому

    The angles are very tricky.

  • @haniallelli94
    @haniallelli94 5 місяців тому

    Lat step is pythagorus
    That’s what you should’ve said

  • @TheTallRaver
    @TheTallRaver 9 місяців тому

    Cool!👍👍

  • @DanG1001
    @DanG1001 8 місяців тому

    How. Exciting.

  • @Cyco-Dude
    @Cyco-Dude 7 місяців тому

    Exciting.

  • @namjoonsdimples77
    @namjoonsdimples77 8 місяців тому

    ahhh i wish i can get good at solving those problems because they are so fun! only problem is i'm bad at maths :(

  • @Musamohjoo
    @Musamohjoo 9 місяців тому

    it would be great if you had a discord server we would love to join

  • @energyeve2152
    @energyeve2152 19 днів тому

    Dang, I’ve spent like 50 minutes already and I’m only 12 seconds into the video.

  • @HERKELMERKEL
    @HERKELMERKEL 8 місяців тому

    when i see a colorful handmade drawing, i can instantly see that is a Catriona Agg question.. bc nobody redraw the question digitally .. dont know why tho :))))

  • @MineKynoMine
    @MineKynoMine 9 місяців тому

    I feel like you skipped a step by assuming that the outer shape was a square

    • @mrTii
      @mrTii 9 місяців тому +2

      The problem states that there are five squares. That means the outer shape is a square.

  • @gr33n5murf
    @gr33n5murf 9 місяців тому +1

    In middle Egypt they knew "the area of a square of 100 is equal to that of two smaller squares. The side of one is ½ + ¼ the side of the other."
    I thought it interesting the shaded areas is 100 and you got b=3/4a on your working

    • @gr33n5murf
      @gr33n5murf 9 місяців тому +1

      So, knowing this here's another way of solving once you know the scale factor is 4 and have worked out the bottom left triangle:
      You know the length given is 13, you also know the small triangle at the bottom left hand corner is 3,4,5. So the length of the side of the black square is 16. So because we now know the length is 16, that means the side opposite it is also 16. So 3/4 of 16 is 12 which means the other side of the triangle is length 12. 12^2 plus 16^2 is 400. Divide 400 by 4(the scale factor) and you get 100. because 3,4,5 is also equivalent to 6,8,10 and therefore 12,16,20 then you now know the hypotenuse of the triangle on the right is 20 and the hypotenuse can be divide into 4 lengths, 20/4 is 5 which gives you the hypotenuse of the bottom left triangle and then you get the areas of 25 for one square. Then you go 25*4 which is 100. which proves the Egyptians were right about a side being 3/4 the length of another

  • @Tahsin_Jawad
    @Tahsin_Jawad 7 місяців тому

    How exciting!?

  • @tylermcnally8232
    @tylermcnally8232 9 місяців тому

    I just use a ruler.

  • @yzScott
    @yzScott 6 місяців тому

    I thought this was going to be working out the area of ummmm.... on "No Love Deep Web"

  • @energyeve2152
    @energyeve2152 19 днів тому

    I did all the right steps but I didn’t do it as simple…

  • @sky-zo2ml
    @sky-zo2ml 9 місяців тому

    always more geometry!!!

  • @robinlatal7021
    @robinlatal7021 7 місяців тому

    Bravo

  • @KI5DDO
    @KI5DDO 8 місяців тому

    Follow up question.. is there enough info to solve for the red shaded area that’s within the square? 75 plus what sq units?

    • @pprav987
      @pprav987 8 місяців тому

      Would it be 96.625. By using the same method the top left triangle is also similar and we can do the area of the square minus the area of all of the triangles.

  • @ziaahmad8738
    @ziaahmad8738 8 місяців тому

    i dont get it but looks cool

  • @f66685
    @f66685 6 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @Monitorbread
    @Monitorbread 9 місяців тому

    nice

  • @dylankramer9249
    @dylankramer9249 5 місяців тому +1

    Comment

  • @miralabudhabi
    @miralabudhabi 8 місяців тому

    🎉

  • @Rosiedelaroux
    @Rosiedelaroux 8 місяців тому

    It’s NOT -- math. It’s Maths !

  • @rssl5500
    @rssl5500 9 місяців тому

    Nice I solved it correct lol

  • @geometryexpressions
    @geometryexpressions 4 місяці тому

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  • @srujang.s6651
    @srujang.s6651 Місяць тому

    Wow.

  • @glyveozone7303
    @glyveozone7303 8 місяців тому

    lindo dms

  • @farshidyazdaani9021
    @farshidyazdaani9021 9 місяців тому

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  • @AndrewPRoberts
    @AndrewPRoberts 8 місяців тому

    Me to my neighbors kids: this looks important, let's put a box around it

  • @Pan_Optes
    @Pan_Optes 8 місяців тому

    🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯