Cyberchase
Plantasaurus!: For Real
Clip: Season 11 Episode 4 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
When a new couch makes her sick, Jaden helps Bianca clean the air with house plants.
Bianca has been sneezing and coughing ever since she got her new couch. Jaden says chemicals in the furniture might be making her sick, and suggests she get plants to clean the air in her home. The plant store recommends one plant per 100 square feet, but due to a math error, Bianca ends up with a jungle in her apartment! After returning the extra plants, she can breathe more easily.
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Cyberchase
Plantasaurus!: For Real
Clip: Season 11 Episode 4 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Bianca has been sneezing and coughing ever since she got her new couch. Jaden says chemicals in the furniture might be making her sick, and suggests she get plants to clean the air in her home. The plant store recommends one plant per 100 square feet, but due to a math error, Bianca ends up with a jungle in her apartment! After returning the extra plants, she can breathe more easily.
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>> Stay right where you are.
It's "Cyberchase For Real!"
>> [ Coughing ] >> Sorry you don't feel well.
I brought your favorite, cherries!
>> Thanks!
Ah, it's so nice to be outside!
I stayed in the last two days.
>> What's wrong?
>> Headache, coughing, watery eyes, sneezing.
[ Sighs ] >> You're not sneezing and coughing now.
>> Oh, yeah!
Huh, how weird.
>> When did you first start feeling bad?
>> Um, Tuesday.
Come to think of it, right after I got my new couch.
>> You know, my mom had a similar issue after she got a new mattress.
>> You mean my new couch could be making me sick?
>> It does seem like the couch could be making you sick.
>> That's ridiculous!
It's not making you sick!
>> I didn't have symptoms in my mother's room.
Different people have different reactions to chemicals that come from furniture and other stuff in the house.
>> Well, if my couch is making me sick, then that's really going to make me sick because I paid a lot of money for this.
I can't just throw it away!
Mom was in the same situation, but she found a great solution.
>> What?
>> Plants!
>> You're kidding.
>> No.
Plants can clean pollution from the air, outside and inside.
>> Well, I do love my new couch, and I do want to live with it happily ever after.
So, I'm gonna give plants a try.
I'll be back soon.
♪♪ Hi!
>> Hi.
How are you?
>> Much better now that I'm away from my new couch.
>> Oh, it's making you feel sick, right?
>> Yes.
How did you know?
>> Chemicals in some furniture and the other household things make some people feel lousy.
Plants can help them feel better.
The plants can clean the air.
>> What kinds of plants?
>> Oh, I would recommend bamboo palm.
>> How many do I need?
>> Well, you need to figure out how big of a room do you have.
I suggest one plant for 100 square feet.
>> Okay, I will call you with an order as soon as I figure out the size of the room.
>> Okay, I'll be waiting for your order.
>> Thank you!
>> Thank you.
Bye-bye.
>> Bye!
♪♪ >> About 11 feet.
This side's about 10 feet.
>> 11 feet by 10 feet.
That's 11 rows of 10.
Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 square feet.
That can be rounded to 100 square feet.
>> Thank you for helping.
I'm gonna go make the call.
♪♪ ♪♪ Oh, no!
♪♪ This is way too many plants!
There's gotta be a mistake with the order!
>> I think I know what happened.
>> Oh, I made a math mistake.
I need one plant for every 100 square feet, not one plant for every square foot.
♪♪ Much better!
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