{"id":27103,"date":"2026-05-24T12:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=27103"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:40:19","slug":"at-first-glance-this-looks-like-a-simple-question-four-identical-glasses-all-filled-to-a-similar-level-each-holding-a-different-object","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=27103","title":{"rendered":"At first glance, this looks like a simple question\u2026 four identical glasses, all filled to a similar level, each holding a different object!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glass A has scissors.<br \/>\nGlass B has a paperclip.<br \/>\nGlass C has an eraser.<br \/>\nGlass D has a watch.<\/p>\n<p>Most people focus on the water level, but the real question is: which object takes up the least space?<\/p>\n<p>The bigger the object, the more water it pushes up. So a glass may look fuller while actually holding less water.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 Answer:<br \/>\nGlass B has the most water because the paperclip takes up the least space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass A has scissors. Glass B has a paperclip. Glass C has an eraser. Glass D has a watch. Most people focus on the water level, but the real question is: which object takes up the least space? The bigger the object, the more water it pushes up. So a glass may look fuller while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=27103\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;At first glance, this looks like a simple question\u2026 four identical glasses, all filled to a similar level, each holding a different object!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27105,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103\/revisions\/27105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}