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How do you cut a cake into 16 pieces using 5 cuts?
Cut a round cake in eight equal sized wedge shaped pieces with four vertical cuts, then make one horizontal cut through the center of the cake to equal sixteen pieces.It's slightly more tricky if you are only allowed to cut the horizontal cross-section of the cake (treat the cake as a circle). In this case, first divide the cake with one cut (2 pieces), then cut it again so that it intersects the first cut (4 pieces), then cut it a third time so that it intersects both cuts previously made, at different points (7 pieces), then let the fourth cut intersect all three cuts so far at different points (11 pieces), and let the fifth and final cut intersect all four cuts at different points (16 pieces total).
How can you cut a bagel into 12 pieces with 3 straight cuts?
This is impossible for any convex shape, so one will need to exploit the non-convexity of a bagel. The first cut needs to be such that two u-shapes are left. This is achieved best if the cutting plane is tilted with respect to the planes of symmetry of the bagel. Now, stack the two u-shapes and cut them both into three pieces using 1 cut, cutting of the 'legs' of the u's. Now we have 6 pieces and 1 cut to go, so stack all the pieces and cut right through to give 12 pieces in three cuts.
How to cut a pizza into 22 pieces with 6 straight cuts?
A Knife
How do you slit a triangle into 3 equal pieces?
cut it like a triforce
What is the least number of cuts reuquired to cut a cube into 45 identical pieces?
7
How do you cut three bananas into nine pieces by only three cuts?
Lay the bananas next to each other then cut through all the bananas together. By making three cuts you will get nine pieces of banana.
What is the largest number of pieces you could cut a pie into with three straight cuts of a knife?
Eight. Use the first two cuts to cut the pie into four pieces, then use the third cut to slice the top from the bottom, doubling the number of pieces to 8.
How do you cut pizza into 7 pieces with three cuts?
Make two cuts normally, then make the third cut along a line that crosses both of the first two cuts but does not pass through their intersection.
What are the minimum number of pieces a cube can be cut into by 13 cuts?
If no cut intersects any previous cuts, then you can just slice it into 14 pieces.
How can you cut a pizza into 29 pieces with 7 straight cuts?
Cut a pizza into 2 using one straight cut. Stack the pieces and make a straight cut: you now have 22 = 4 pieces from 2 cuts. Stack these and make a straight cut: you now have 23 = 8 pieces from 3 cuts. Continue. After 7 cuts you can have 27 = 128 pieces. You can reduce the number of pieces to 29 if, after the fourth cut, you stack and cut only 11 pieces and thereafter cut just one each time. There are other options which give the same result.
How many slices of pizza can you get at the most from three cuts of a pizza cutter?
Two. Two cuts to make one triangle. Another one cut from one side of the already-cut slice.
What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 504 identical pieces?
21 cuts required to cut a cube into 504 identical pieces.
If it costs 3.20 to make one cut on a log how much would it cost to cuta log into 4 pieces?
A log would need three cuts to make four pieces. Here are 4 pieces. The "." represents each of the cuts. =.=.=.= So, 3 cuts at 3.20 per cut is 9.60 3 x 3.20 = 9.60
How do you cut a cake into 16 pieces using 5 cuts?
Cut a round cake in eight equal sized wedge shaped pieces with four vertical cuts, then make one horizontal cut through the center of the cake to equal sixteen pieces.It's slightly more tricky if you are only allowed to cut the horizontal cross-section of the cake (treat the cake as a circle). In this case, first divide the cake with one cut (2 pieces), then cut it again so that it intersects the first cut (4 pieces), then cut it a third time so that it intersects both cuts previously made, at different points (7 pieces), then let the fourth cut intersect all three cuts so far at different points (11 pieces), and let the fifth and final cut intersect all four cuts at different points (16 pieces total).
How can you cut a bagel into 12 pieces with 3 straight cuts?
This is impossible for any convex shape, so one will need to exploit the non-convexity of a bagel. The first cut needs to be such that two u-shapes are left. This is achieved best if the cutting plane is tilted with respect to the planes of symmetry of the bagel. Now, stack the two u-shapes and cut them both into three pieces using 1 cut, cutting of the 'legs' of the u's. Now we have 6 pieces and 1 cut to go, so stack all the pieces and cut right through to give 12 pieces in three cuts.
A pie can be cut into more than seven pieces by making four diameter cuts?
Four diameter cuts, if none of them are the same, will always cut a pie into 8 pieces.
How can you cut a pizza into 11 pieces with 4 straight cuts?
A pizza can be cut into eleven pieces with 4 straight cuts if an X is cut, then the rest of the pizza is cut starting from the right and working to the left in four straight lines.
