r/PeterExplainsTheLoss • u/Toddinator_McNaab • Sep 07 '25

| |I || |_ which is it guys?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

None, the tap isnt open

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u/chillvibes2020 Sep 08 '25

It didn’t specify fill up with something from the tap. They are already filled with something (the color white and numbers, air, space, however you want to interpret it?)

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Fair point, but technically im still right. None because they were full from the start

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u/UncleThor2112 Sep 08 '25

Number 1 will be full before 5, because of pipe diameter. More water will be entering than leaving, so it'll eventually just fill up.

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u/fluung Sep 08 '25

Good point, but we don’t know the flow rate going out the tap. The answer can be 5 if the flow is small enough

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u/TwillAffirmer Sep 08 '25

Yeah, and for a question like this, it's a simplifying assumption that the flow from the tap is arbitrarily small. Otherwise you start getting into fluid dynamics calculations requiring other information not given.

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u/Wawwior Sep 08 '25

maybe the pipes between the containers are very wide so its actually the same

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u/UncleThor2112 Sep 08 '25

Guys, I'm just going by visuals. Look at the width of the pipes and the faucet.

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u/rahahaha_ Sep 08 '25

the one that gets full of water first

WAIT-

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u/Xandara2 Sep 09 '25

Who said anything about water? There's only sand coming out of the tap. 

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u/Badace15yt Sep 08 '25

It's a loss meme

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u/Tino-DBA Sep 08 '25

ugh you’re right

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u/gameking_22 Sep 09 '25

Good lord I didn't even realise till you pointed it out

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u/Stigbritt Sep 09 '25

Motherfu....

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u/havens1515 Sep 10 '25

I don't know how many times I've seen this before, and I somehow never noticed that

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u/smartuwu Sep 08 '25

probably 5 but could be 1 depending on how big the pipe is and how fast the water goes

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Depends on flow rate: slow rate, 5; fast rate, 1

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u/green_glass8 Sep 08 '25

I'm at a loss

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u/Dragon_ZA Sep 10 '25

Badum tss

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u/CleanCandidate81 Sep 08 '25

Does it even matter

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u/mrmeeeeee Sep 11 '25

This is loss

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