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Originally Posted by obs20
Quote:
Originally Posted by pdurrant
- You have an ordinary, round, fruit cake.
- You have an ordinary, straight, cake knife.
- You need to cut the cake into eight equal* pieces.
- You are only allowed three** cuts with the knife.
No doubt you're thinking that this is another old chestnut of a puzzle. But I'm adding a twist of a new condition:
- Each of the eight pieces must be as tall as the original cake. So no slicing the cake in half horizontally!
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I had to go and try it (although not with fruit cake). I'm afraid your solution doesn't work. Your pieces aren't equal. The bottom two pieces on the side you start the cut and the top two pieces on the side you end the cut are full height and equal, but they are bigger than the other four pieces which are only half the height of the original cake.