If you have a rectangular cake with a rectangular void placed randomly in the cake, how do you slice the cake with one cut so that the two slices are equal volume?
2007-07-04 17:57:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Take the center of the original cake and the center of the void, and cut along the line that connects them.
2007-07-04 18:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by Red_Wings_For_Cup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slice it horizontally in the middle. I am assuming that the rectangular cake means a rectangular prism (in mathematics, it is a cylinder) and the void is rectangular from top to bottom.
2007-07-05 01:01:27 · answer #2 · answered by Alam Ko Iyan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Select two opposite corners of the void.
cut the cake along the line joining the corner of the void to the corresponding corner of the cake. It is done now.
I do not know how to send a figure else cd have done it.
U can also do it like this...
cut along the line that connects the centres of the cake and the void..
2007-07-05 04:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by Encyclopedia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the cake sitting in normal position, cut it in half, parallel to the top and bottom sides.
2007-07-05 01:03:51 · answer #4 · answered by austinm08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut on a line passing through the center of both rectangles.
2007-07-05 01:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
halfway up horizontally, so that the knife is parallel to the table
2007-07-05 01:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by Lili2515 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure thats possible?
2007-07-05 01:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by Nick48 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋