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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 2:34 pm
(August 6, 2017 at 12:48 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Only if the icing is spread unevenly. Is that part of the problem? If she did spread it unevenly, and everyone's going to bicker about wanting exactly the same amount of cake and icing, then just spread it evenly then cut. Or tell people to not be petty.


It is that attitude which makes pitching a math problem so hard.  Wink
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RE: Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem? - by Whateverist - August 6, 2017 at 2:34 pm

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