Can you solve the alien probe riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings — in red, purple and green — to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out how to apply the colors so the probe survives the trip? Dan Finkel shows how.
If you wanted to find out how many cubes were painted with 2 red, 2 green, and 2 purple faces, how would you do it?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Daniel Finkel
- Animator Anton Trofimov
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott