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A bisector is a line that divides an angle into two equal parts. For example: in a right-angle (90 degrees) a bisector will cut the angle into two, each being 45 degrees.
hmm... let's see, we can say when we cut a quarter of a cake into 2 pieces, we are dividing along the angle bisector
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Three ! The answer is in the question !
Trisect.
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Cut a cake into 5 equal pieces. Take out 2 pieces. The remainder looks like three fifths. On an analogue clock face, it is the bigger angle between 12 o'clock and 36 minutes. 3/5
Cut top to bottom, left to right, then horizonatally to make two layers.
Cut the cake down the center once. Then cut it down the center again at a perpendicular angle from the first cut. Now you have 4 equal size and shape pieces. Take the pieces and line them all up in a row with each center angle point touching the center of the arc of the next slice of cake. Then cut down the center of each piece in one long continuous cut. There you have it. 8 equal size and shape pieces.
When something is cut into equal pieces, (think of a pie), the pieces are larger the fewer pieces there are. If the pie is cut in half, that is an entire HALF of the pie one has to eat. But if the pie is cut into three equal pieces, there are more pieces, but they are smaller. So, one fourth of the pie would be even smaller because you are getting ONE piece of a pie that is cut into FOUR pieces. The bottom number of the fraction is how many equal sized pieces there are, and the top number is how many you are getting.
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To divide a sphere in 8 equal parts in three steps: * Cut a plane through the most circular part of the sphere - this cuts the sphere in half * Cut a plane perpendicular to the first plane with the lengths aligned - this cuts the sphere in four pieces * Cut a plane perpendicular to the first plane at a right angle to the second plane - this cuts the sphere into eight pieces