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Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?

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Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?
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RE: Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?
August 6, 2017 at 11:33 am (This post was last modified: August 6, 2017 at 11:34 am by Whateverist.)
(September 22, 2016 at 2:30 pm)Losty Wrote:
(August 14, 2016 at 3:57 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: If that's what Losty has to do, none of you are getting equal portions of cake. Apologies Losty.

Mathing is a sin anyway so I'm not offended. I figured we'd find something more fun to do than cutting a cake


Fine. I challenge you to a cheese cutting contest. Small hermetically sealed room, no masks.
(August 6, 2017 at 11:15 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(August 6, 2017 at 10:58 am)popeyespappy Wrote: If you do it your way everyone is going to get the same amount of cake, but the 2 people on the ends are going to get a lot more icing than the 3 in the middle.

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Wait, you haven't accounted for the thickness of the frosting.   Yeah the slices on the end will have more frosting, but they'll habe less cake by whatever depth the frosting is.


So this solution has even more problems.  Interesting.
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RE: Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem? - by Whateverist - August 6, 2017 at 11:33 am

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