i'm at a loss

I hate you so much right now. Also I think it's 5

None. The water is not running.

5

Also, you suck.

Unless I completely misunderstand how this works, I think 5 is the only one that will fill up. It then overflows, preventing any of the taller ones from filling. 7 is shallower but won't start filling until 3 gets fuller than 5, which it never will. I assume the blockage between 2 and 3 is a mistake.

1 fills up first. the spigot is much winder than the tube so the glass will fill faster than it can drain.

Also rule

5

Wait... Fuck!

5, but it also depends on the circumstances. What liquid is used, temperature, viscosity, etc. There's some material science stuff that's far beyond the intended scope of this question.

I actually started to figure out the sequence...then I realized...fuck you, take my up vote

All of them are already full of air.

:.|:;

1. 5 which begins to overflow into the room
2. 7
3. 4 and 6
4. 2 and 3
5. 1

This is assuming this is a cross section of something 3d and not something 2d otherwise air packets would get trapped and prevent some of this.

OH İTS THE FUCKİNG LOSS COMİC

I'd recognise that pattern anywhere, but I focused in on the problem and almost didn't notice your dasterdly deed

Depends on how much you turn on the tap. If you fürn it up completely its 1,else its 5.

i hate you.

edit: read replies before telling me that 7 is walled off

but ignoring my loss, if everything is pressurized i think 7 if unpressurized i think 5

They are all full already, of air.

All I know is, 7 is leaking out.

There's only one "one" in the diagram, so I'm gonna say the one marked "1." Pretty easy.

5 will be the only one that will ever fill up unless you really crank up the pressure in which case 7 will also fill but very slowly. 5 and 7 are open containers and there's a hole in the bottom of 4. But if it's water coming out of a tap then only 5 will fill .

Wouldn't scale and viscosity play a role? Seriously, imagine a river vs a capillary tube. Also how many dimensions? And forces involved? Is that a blockage between 2 and 3? Are the walls breakable? How will the fluid hold air? Are the lines into structure 5 lower than the walls? Is this in a vacuum?

I came in to comment, "it probably would probably be 5, but I think it would depend on the flow rate?"

But reading the other comments, it looks like I'm OOTL on something? 🧐

The faucet

5

5

1

I got it! First, the free floating faucet will drop into bucket one. The impact will certainly break its connecting tube and broken 1 + faucet collapse into 4. Therefore 4 will be broken but full of shards.

It's a sad day. They all stay empty. Such a loss.

5

I wish these were drawn as closed containers

We'll done.

Ha. Trick question! All of them are already full of air, and niether the flow rate nor the direction (or lack) of gravity was specified anyway. You lose. :)

The number of people in these comments who already understand the self-siphoning nature of water with zero explanation required makes me so proud to be here among them.

Depends on the flow rate, but most likely 1 if the tap is running fast. Otherwise I have no idea.

Also, what's with these comments? What's so special/clever about this pic?

I think, Number 7 will stay empty for some time.

Vessel 5 is the lowest point, so it might seem like it would fill first.

However, if the faucet pours water faster than it can flow through the tube from Vessel 1 to Vessel 2, and as the faucet is depicted as having a larger opening, Vessel 1 will fill up first because the water can't flow out quickly enough to the other vessels.

9

7

This diagram scratches my brain real good, especially thinking about it getting filled

1. 5
2. 4
3. 2 and 1 barring some bubbles don't get stuck or something

That's it because 3 is blocked.