Identify which bucket will fill up first in 15 Seconds

In the above image, you have to guess which bucket will fill up first. The image shows 7 separate buckets with a tap dripping water into Bucket 1.

After looking at the confusing array of pipes and misaligned buckets, can you see which bucket will fill up with water first? An active mind can solve this riddle within 15 seconds as it is an easy one. Use a little less straightforward approach to arrive at the solution. As a heads up, the answers to this brain teaser have been given right below the question, so make sure you don’t scroll too far and cheat!

Hint: Look at the pipes connecting the buckets through which water will be poured into different buckets.

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ANSWER:
In this brain puzzle, all you had to do was to look at the connecting pipes through which water will flow into the buckets. The puzzle states that “A faucet runs over 7 buckets. So, which bucket will fill first?” Let’s look at all 7 buckets one-by-one:

Water from Bucket 1 will flow into Bucket 3 first

The pipe that goes to Bucket 4 is closed

The pipe that goes to Bucket 5 is also closed

The pipe that goes to Bucket 6 is also closed

Also, Bucket 3 is lower than 2.

So, Bucket 3 will fill up first, and then Bucket 7.

So, the answer to the puzzle is ‘Bucket 3’. The water coming down from Bucket 1 will fill bucket 3 first since Bucket 4 and Bucket 5 pipes are blocked.