Can you solve the jail break riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Youre a bank robber trying to escape from jail. Can you solve the riddle to get past the fence to freedom?--Your timing made you and your partner infamous bank robbers. Now, you need to use that timing to break out of jail. Your partner is about to flash you a signal, and exactly 45 seconds later the electric fence circuit will short out. Then you notice that your watch is broken, and all you have are two 1-minute fuses in your pocket. Can you time your escape and get free? Dan Finkel shows how.Lesson by Dan Finkel, directed by Artrake Studio.Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletterSupport us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreonFollow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebookFind us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitterPeep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagramView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-jail-break-riddle-dan-finkelThank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Kevin O'Leary, Francisco Leos, Robert Patrick, Marcus Appelbaum, Alan Wilder, Mohamed Elsayed, Aleksandr Lyozin, Angel Pantoja, Eimann P. Evarola, Carlos H. Costa, Tariq Keblaoui, Bela Namyslik, Nick Johnson, Won Jang, Sandra Fuller Bocko, Johnnie Graham, Harshita Jagdish Sahijwani, Amber Alexander, Yelena Baykova, John C. Vesey, Karmi Nguyen, Chung Wah Gnapp, Jane White, BRENDAN NEALE, Lawrence Teh Swee Kiang, Alex Pierce, Nick Cozby, Jeffrey Segrest, Anthony Arcis, Ugur Doga Sezgin, Kathryn Vacha, Allyson Martin, Srinivasa C Pasumarthi, , Nishant Suneja, Javier Lara Rosado, Jerry Yang, Shubham Arora, Sebastian Regez, Danielle Downs, Clovis Norroy, Liz Candee, Vinh-Thuy Nguyen, Amy Lopez, SANG HAN, Aries SW, Sebastiaan Hols, Joo Henrique Rodrigues, Annastasshia Ames and Livia-Alexandra Sarban.