Cyberchase
Step by Step: Act 2
Clip: Season 6 Episode 5 | 8m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
The elusive Dr. Marbles is back, and this time he's discovered a powerful cybermineral.
The elusive Doctor Marbles is back, and this time he's discovered a powerful cybermineral he can use to help Motherboard. This "Magmalux" is strong enough to override the virus Hacker inflicted on the beloved Cyberspace ruler. Unfortunately, Hacker is on to Marbles and traps him on Skull Island. Enter the CyberSquad: Digit tracks Hacker while the kids solve another problem: how to rescue Marbles!
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Cyberchase
Step by Step: Act 2
Clip: Season 6 Episode 5 | 8m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
The elusive Doctor Marbles is back, and this time he's discovered a powerful cybermineral he can use to help Motherboard. This "Magmalux" is strong enough to override the virus Hacker inflicted on the beloved Cyberspace ruler. Unfortunately, Hacker is on to Marbles and traps him on Skull Island. Enter the CyberSquad: Digit tracks Hacker while the kids solve another problem: how to rescue Marbles!
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Looks like I got here before Hacker!
There's still time to get the magmalux out!
HEL-LO-OH... Sheesh!
That's a long way down!
YYOOIIKES...!
HEELLLP!
That's better.
Phew!
It's hot in here.
What's this?
Yes!
The magmalux!
What we need is a plan.
What we need is a bridge!
Yeah!
That's it!
Rebuild the bridge!
That's our plan!
Huh?
But how?
Only the pilings are left!
Inez, we don't have a plan - we have a problem.
And we don't have a clue how to solve it!
Well...maybe it's like mi abuela always says: "Take your big problems one step at a time and then they don't seem so big!"
OK, one step at a time...
So first we need something to build the bridge with.
Guys!
Over here!
We can make the bridge out of this sign!
No way, Matt!
It's not long enough to reach all the way across!
Look closer - the sign is made of separate boards!
If we take it apart, we can lay them end-to-end.
There might be enough to make it across!
Awright!
Boards for the bridge!
Let's build it!
Wait!
What if they're aren't enough boards?
Let's start by seeing if one board is long enough to reach the first piling...then maybe we can estimate how many we'll need to get to the island.
Oh, man!
It's too short!
Now what?
When I get outta here, Hacker...
...I'm goin' to make ye walk the plank!
Oh Ivanka, I think you'll find you're the one who'll be walking the plank...over a black hole!
Boss!
I can see the volcano!
Since one board won't reach the piling ...two of them should.
They hook together.
See?
Cool!
Let's see what we've got.
Homerun!
It's way past the first one.
One step of the problem solved!
It's so far... We're going to need an awful lot of boards to make it across.
How many do we have?
Three...six...seven!
Seven...plus the two we already used...makes nine.
And check it out -- they're all the same length!
Nine boards...all the same length...to stretch across... how many pilings?
I'll find out!
Lets see... One-two-three...four-five-six... seven!
Seven!
There are seven pilings!
Okay!
We know it takes a little more than one board to reach a piling - and there are seven pilings - how many boards do we need to reach all the way across the water?
Guys, I need to draw a picture to figure this out.
Here's the shore, the pilings and the island.
OK, what do we know?
There are 7 pilings between the shore and the island.
Right.
And it takes a little more than one board to reach the first piling.
It would help if we knew how long the boards are... That's it!
One step at a time.
Let's just figure out the length of one board.
Then we can use that to find the length of all of them together!
Too bad we don't have a ruler... USE YOUR SKWAK PAD TO MEASURE WITH!
THE SKWAKS ARE ONE CYBERFOOT LONG!
I KNOW, I DESIGNED THEM MYSELF!
Thanks, Doctor Marbles!
We're on it!
Hey!
This may be easier than we thought!
Check out this pattern.
Each board has 3 squares.
Same here!
And it looks like all three squares are the same size.
So find the size of one square and we can figure out how long the whole board is!
Okay, guys, let's start measuring!
Sheesh!
This is takin' forever!
Wh-oh!
Inez, it's me!
I got some of the magmalux out but The Hacker's here, so I can't get anymore!
Did you rescue the Doc, yet?
Not yet!
We've got a little problem, but we're working on it.
Well, I've got a big problem, okay?
Not only is Hacker here, but this volcano's about to blow, so do me a favor...HURRY!
Hang in there Didge!
...Done!
All right!
Each square is two cyberfeet long.
And two cyberfeet times three squares is six!
So each board is six cyberfeet long!
And we've got nine of 'em!
And nine times six is...um... fifty-four!
So we've got fifty-four cyberfeet of board to make a bridge!
But, guys, what if fifty-four cyberfeet isn't long enough?
We still need to know how far it is across the water.
Oh, man, how are we going to measure that?
Heat shield up!
Put on your magma suits, boys, we're going in!
OK, Hacker, get ready to have all your plans spoiled, cos here comes The Didge!
...Pick up the loose chunks of magmalux - and dig out the rest!
All right boss!
Right away boss!
Uh!
Ivanka!
Keep thinking, guys, we're making progress!
I know we are!
Okay, we didn't think we could figure out how long our boards are, did we?
No, but...
But we solved that part of the problem, right?
Yes, but... Then we'll solve this part, too!
...I've got it!
I know how to figure out how far it is across the water!
How?
The pilings!
Check 'em out.
The space between them looks about the same.
You're right!
So if we know how far it is to the first piling... We can figure out the total distance across by multiplying!
But what are we going to measure with?
We've got our ruler right here!
Huh?
We know each square is two cyberfeet on a side - all we have to do is count the squares!
I'll do it!
One...two...three...four!
Four squares times two cyberfeet is eight cyberfeet!
Eight cyberfeet between the pilings!
All right!
We know we have seven pilings - and eight cyberfeet between each piling.
So the distance across is seven times eight ... or fifty six cyberfeet!
Problem solved!
Wait a second!
Problem not solved!
I think we counted wrong...
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