Which cup will be the first to be filled ?

[ravip]

The photograph shows a hand pouring coffee into a set of chutes that each lead to one of four cups. Your goal is to determine which cup will be the first to be filled with coffee.

[Crossy]

5

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

5

Assuming there is actually enough coffee in the jug.

[ravip]

1 minute ago, Crossy said:

Assuming there is actually enough coffee in the jug.

Any particular reason for number 5?

(I guess then the answer it out!)

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, ravip said:

Any particular reason for number 5?

(I guess then the answer it out!)

Its the only one that isnt blocked

[Crossy]

3 minutes ago, ravip said:

Any particular reason for number 5?

If I told you I'd have to kill you.

 

These are  all over FaceBore, once you've sussed one they are easy-peasy (quickly re-checks to ensure he's not being an idiot).

 

@sanemax there's already a Contract out on you for revealing the nuclear launch codes

[vogie]

Number 9

[ravip]

1 minute ago, vogie said:

Number 9

Sorry, try again ;-)

[vogie]

11 minutes ago, ravip said:

Sorry, try again ;-)

I can see it now but it is very deceiving, most people would see a tap drawn as thus, apart from Crossy of course.???

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, vogie said:

apart from Crossy of course.

Indeed, this is a tap:-

 

 

[Crossy]

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Indeed, this is a tap:-

So is this:-

 

 

Fetching my coat...

 

 

[Crossy]

9 minutes ago, vogie said:

I can see it now but it is very deceiving, most people would see a tap drawn as thus, apart from Crossy of course.

 

Some would call that a faucet.

 

In my mind this is a Fawcett Left us far too soon, only 62

 

 

 

[Crossy]

And today's "puzzle" is how we get from a coffee conundrum to this:-

 

 

 

[vogie]

3 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Some would call that a faucet.

 

In my mind this is a Fawcett Left us far too soon, only 62

 

 

 

She had two taps, mild and bitter.

[wpcoe]

Wow.  Took me a long time to see why #9 isn't the answer.

[Sheryl]

On 5/1/2018 at 7:03 PM, wpcoe said:

Wow.  Took me a long time to see why #9 isn't the answer.

I still don't see why!

[ravip]

14 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I still don't see why!

It is blocked.

[Sheryl]

It is blocked.

Where? I don't see it. I can see where the others are blicked but not #9.....

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[ravip]

7 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Where? I don't see it. I can see where the others are blicked but not #9.....

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Here it is...

 

[Sheryl]

AH yes, now I see!

[Jillie Norman]

On 5/1/2018 at 4:03 AM, wpcoe said:

Wow.  Took me a long time to see why #9 isn't the answer.

It is blocked.

[ravip]

On 29/04/2018 at 4:09 PM, Crossy said:

And today's "puzzle" is how we get from a coffee conundrum to this:-

 

 

 

Come to think of this... a speaker?

[Crossy]

20 hours ago, ravip said:

Come to think of this... a speaker?

It's a very specific speaker.

 

One needs to follow every post and be of a certain age.

[ravip]

3 hours ago, Crossy said:

It's a very specific speaker.

 

One needs to follow every post and be of a certain age.

The Western Electric speakerphone used by the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the "Angels" crime-fighting operations in Charlie's Angels.

[overherebc]

On 4/29/2018 at 5:10 PM, ravip said:

Sorry, try again ?

4

[ravip]

22 hours ago, overherebc said:

4

The correct answer is 5

[overherebc]

44 minutes ago, ravip said:

The correct answer is 5

The outlet that is lowest in the reciever cup that is lowest will start draining first, that's on the 4 side in both cases.

If the first reciever is considered to start as and remain full to the top then syphon effects may take place ( not sure exactly how )  that would depend on the very minor pressure differences between the top and the various outlets, and change the outward flow from the top.

On a slow fill where the level never reaches the top outlet then it will drain to the 4 side at the same rate as the fill.

So my answer would be it depends on how quickly the top reciever is filled/topped up.

?

[overherebc]

55 minutes ago, ravip said:

The correct answer is 5

The outlet that is lowest in the reciever cup that is lowest will start draining first, that's on the 4 side in both cases.

If the first reciever is considered to start as and remain full to the top then syphon effects may take place ( not sure exactly how ) and change the outward flow from the top.

On a slow fill where the level never reaches the top outlet then it will drain to the 4 side at the same rate as the fill.

So my answer would be it depends on how quickly the top reciever is filled/topped up.

NB

7 is blocked as well.

?

[ravip]

This is kind of a 'trick' diagram.

If you look very carefully at the path the liquid would take, you will see that all are blocked at some point except the path to the cup 5. Hence, the positions or levels are immaterial.