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07-02-2010, 02:29 AM
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From above the cake cut it in half with a vertical cut. Then half these two halves (while they are still in the original position) with a vertical cut from above. Then stack all those four pieces on top of each other vertically, all in the same direction. Cut these four pieces in half with one downward cut. Now there are eight equal pieces.
Congratulations Javed, exactly right.
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