Eight pieces of cake

Bright-ness' Shadow · #1 10-29-2004, 07:01 AM

Can you cut a cake into eight servings with only three cuts of a knife?

QTpi · #2 10-29-2004, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pah

Can you cut a cake into eight servings with only three cuts of a knife?

Sure! Cut it once top to bottom (2 pieces), a second cut side to side (4 pieces), and then a third cut sideways through the entire cake (8 pieces). That should work.

Bright-ness' Shadow · #3 10-29-2004, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by QTpi

Sure! Cut it once top to bottom (2 pieces), a second cut side to side (4 pieces), and then a third cut sideways through the entire cake (8 pieces). That should work.

I had hoped this question would lasted longer. She's right two vertical cuts and one horizontal cut.

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