This Basic Water Tank Puzzle Is Driving People Crazy
You may have seen this puzzle shared on your feeds in the last couple of days on on Whatsapp. It’s been driving people crazy, from Reddit groups to YouTube explainer videos. It looks like answers 3 & 4 are both right. Why can’t it be simple?
It first appeared as part of an IQ test and was uploaded as a YouTube video in November last year.
People have made videos with hundreds of thousands of views analyzing the puzzel
To confuse matters even more some smart person put out an image that blocks the passage way from one tank to another
ASSUME NONE OF THE PIPES ARE BLOCKED. Which cup fills up first? (YouTube: “Which tank will fill up first for final answer”) pic.twitter.com/mmpUpWhQuT
— Dj Dimplez (@DjDimplez) January 9, 2017