Determining the Scale
From Cyberchase
06:55 - 08:25
1m 30s

The CyberSquad's only way out of a giant room is the keyhole. In order to reach the keyhole, they need to determine the length of the rope that will bring them to it. They learn that objects in this world are ten times bigger than objects in their own world, and they use that knowledge to estimate how far away the keyhole is.

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