Can you solve the secret sauce riddle? - Alex Gendler
3,159,051 Views
2,906 Questions Answered
TEDEd Animation
Let’s Begin…
One of the top chefs from Pasta Palace has been kidnapped by operatives from Burger Bazaar hoping to learn the location of their secret sauce recipe. Little do they know that a third party— Sausage Saloon— has sent you, their top spy, to take advantage of the situation. Can you figure out the location of the secret recipe and steal it for yourself? Alex Gendler shows how.
WatchThink 5 Multiple Choice &
3 Open Answer Questions Dig Deeper Learn More Discuss 1 Guided Discussion &
1 Open Discussion
3 Open Answer Questions Dig Deeper Learn More Discuss 1 Guided Discussion &
1 Open Discussion
Additional Resources for you to Explore
Read more about perfect squares and perfect cubes at these links.
This puzzle relies on modeling how another party would act on certain knowledge that’s different from what you know. See our riddle on the problem of ‘common knowledge’ to see what happens when the concept is extended to multiple people.
This puzzle relies on modeling how another party would act on certain knowledge that’s different from what you know. See our riddle on the problem of ‘common knowledge’ to see what happens when the concept is extended to multiple people.
About TED-Ed Animations
TED-Ed Animations feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. Are you an educator or animator interested in creating a TED-Ed Animation? Nominate yourself here »
Meet The Creators
- Educator Alex Gendler
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Animator Nemanja Petrovic
- Sound Designer Nemanja Petrovic
- Music Nemanja Petrovic
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
