Comments on: Three Cuts to Turn a Round Cake Into Eight Equal Slices

By: Filippo Pincelli

Filippo Pincelli — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:59:30 +0000

A pie not only has a radius, it also has a height, h.
1st cut: divide the cake into 2 cylinders one above the other by cutting halfway up the cake and so that the cutting plane is parallel to the top surface of the cake. Leave the 2 cylinders of height h/2 one above the other. Now from the top make 2 orthogonal cuts that cut both the top and bottom cylinder.

By: Bhanu krishna

Bhanu krishna — Sat, 25 May 2019 15:52:40 +0000

Cut the cake in to 1.semi circle
2. Put half cake on the other -then slice it in half_4 pieces
3.put two halfs on to other – then cut it down_will get 8 pieces

1.= 1/2
2.= 2/4
3.= 4/8
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By: Arrghdale

Arrghdale — Thu, 09 May 2019 19:11:24 +0000

Wrong – the lower slices will not have icing on the top so not equal :-)

By: sadia

sadia — Fri, 03 May 2019 11:38:12 +0000

The guy is saying that u cut the circle in halve twice, now you have four equal slices. The last one makes the cake a two layer cake, it’s through the middle of the cake height-wise!

By: Hello hello hello hello,?

Hello hello hello hello,? — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:10:04 +0000

One vertically one horizontally and one through the middle edge of the cake slicing all four of the pieces in equal halves, leaving eight equal slices, some on the top and bottom.

By: sahil raj

sahil raj — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:48:25 +0000

cut cake from center (semicircle) then place one above another then cut it , it gives 4 pieces then put all 4 pieces one above another then put final cut in between . then it will give total and equal 8 cuts in 3 steps.

By: Versha Agarwal

Versha Agarwal — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:23:08 +0000

First cut the cake into four equal pieces. Now you are left with only one cut.Be SMART. Now cut yhe cake as you are drawing a inner circle in a cake. Now you are done with three cuts and also having 8 cuts.
4 equal to others and another 4 equal to each other.

By: jyoti

jyoti — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:12:19 +0000

cut the cake into two equal semicircles using one line, place one piece over the other and then cut the whole into 4 parts, as a result, total parts will become 8.

By: Gen_DEVO

Gen_DEVO — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 23:55:17 +0000

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By: Billk

Billk — Mon, 01 May 2017 21:28:34 +0000

“Splitting the layers” with the third cut requires the “round cake” be flat on top. To an extent, so does stacking the quarters to halve them. However, they can be lined up and halved no matter what the top looks like.