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Old 13th August 2008, 08:30 PM
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Given a rectangular (cuboidal for the puritans) cake with a rectangular piece removed (any size or orientation), how would you cut the remainder of the cake into two equal halves with one straight cut of a knife?
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Old 14th August 2008, 12:17 PM
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Cut the cake into two equal halfs along its height !!!
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cutting horizontally is also possible
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we cut rectgle frm any ege &can easily cut in 1 knife....
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cutting cake into two halves is very simple
is there any twist in the question?
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