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Coqueta · 16/09/2023 20:34

What's the order of the glasses filling up?

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plumtreebroke · 16/09/2023 20:49

Only 7 if it then overflows as seems to be shown

C1N1C · 16/09/2023 20:51

I agree, 3 4 2 1

thebestway · 16/09/2023 20:56

Just 4 and 1, all the others are blocked

TempName247 · 16/09/2023 20:56

Depends how quickly the water is poured as to whether 1 will fill up faster than the water is lost

titchy · 16/09/2023 20:58

TicTacNicNak · 16/09/2023 20:47

OP your solution is incorrect. 5, 6 and 7 can't fill as the pipes are blocked. I agree with pp, it's 3, 4, 2, 1.

The pipes to 5 and 7 are blocked, how is the pipe to 6 blocked? Confused

Adviceplease2314 · 16/09/2023 20:59

3421

TenOhSeven · 16/09/2023 21:03

titchy · 16/09/2023 20:58

The pipes to 5 and 7 are blocked, how is the pipe to 6 blocked? Confused

At the other end, it's closed off.

firef1y · 16/09/2023 21:03

3 will be the only one that actually fills up.
1 will never fill because it empties before the top,
Liquid will never get to number 2 (and therefore 4 or 5) because it will empty out the lower tube towards 3.
Of the two pipes coming off of 3, the one towards 6 is blocked at the out end, so that will just fill and the one towards 7 is blocked at the top. Therefore the liquid has nowhere to go but eventually overflow from 3

Canonlythinkofthisone · 16/09/2023 21:03

titchy · 16/09/2023 20:58

The pipes to 5 and 7 are blocked, how is the pipe to 6 blocked? Confused

It's blocked going into the glass at the bottom of the pipe

Steev · 16/09/2023 21:05

Definitely 3421

CasperGutman · 16/09/2023 21:52

3 fills first because the two pipes leaving it are closed off. After that liquid continues flowing down the pipe to 3, but overflows from 3 onto the floor. Unless the rate at which liquid is added to 1 exceeds the capacity of the pipe to 3 to take it away again, 1 will never fill above the outlet to the pipe and none of the other glasses will fill at all.

Why would it be otherwise?

Fromage · 16/09/2023 22:00

WeeMadArthur1 · 16/09/2023 20:38

I'd say 3421.

567 will never get anything in.

Me too.

Fromage · 16/09/2023 22:04

Also, I have questions about the water flow rate. Is it dripping in? Is the tap doing an impression of Niagara Falls? Is the tap-owner on a water meter? Is there a drought? Why isn't it wine and where is my wine?

HakunaMatiłda · 16/09/2023 22:04

Just 3

NotAKangaroo · 16/09/2023 22:09

titchy · 16/09/2023 20:41

I think 6 is the only one that will completely fill!

I agree with this and the water will keep overflowing from 6 onto the floor

NotAKangaroo · 16/09/2023 22:12

TenOhSeven · 16/09/2023 21:03

At the other end, it's closed off.

Ooh you're right. I didn't see that!

malmi · 16/09/2023 22:29

3 first, then 6. None of the others will fill. Can't believe I'm the only first one to actually give the correct answer.

malmi · 16/09/2023 22:31

malmi · 16/09/2023 22:29

3 first, then 6. None of the others will fill. Can't believe I'm the only first one to actually give the correct answer.

Haha just kidding

7 will also fill up, shortly after 6

AlisonDonut · 16/09/2023 22:34

malmi · 16/09/2023 22:29

3 first, then 6. None of the others will fill. Can't believe I'm the only first one to actually give the correct answer.

Nope. 6 has no open pipe above it. Only 3 can fill and then overflows onto the floor.

LightSpeeds · 16/09/2023 22:37

The lid's still on the bottle so maybe none of them will fill... 🧐

Zonder · 16/09/2023 22:38

WeeMadArthur1 · 16/09/2023 20:38

I'd say 3421.

567 will never get anything in.

I agree.

Zonder · 16/09/2023 22:39

CasperGutman · 16/09/2023 21:52

3 fills first because the two pipes leaving it are closed off. After that liquid continues flowing down the pipe to 3, but overflows from 3 onto the floor. Unless the rate at which liquid is added to 1 exceeds the capacity of the pipe to 3 to take it away again, 1 will never fill above the outlet to the pipe and none of the other glasses will fill at all.

Why would it be otherwise?

Because once 3 is full no more water goes that way and number 1 starts to fill a bit more, until the overflow pipe on the left of 1 starts to empty water into the next one.

malmi · 16/09/2023 22:40

AlisonDonut · 16/09/2023 22:34

Nope. 6 has no open pipe above it. Only 3 can fill and then overflows onto the floor.

Nope. It overflows down the outside of the blocked off pipes into 6 and 7, then once they are full, onto the floor.

Nothingbuttheglory · 16/09/2023 22:43

I mean, assuming the lid comes off the bottle then 3. But there's nothing sealing in the tube at the top of each glass so when 3 is full it will just start overflowing and none of the others will fill.

I guess it depends how accurate the drawing is.

Whataretheodds · 16/09/2023 22:53

3142

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