Given a rectangular (cuboidal for the puritans) cake with a
rectangular piece removed (any size or orientation), how
would you cut the remainder of the cake into two equal
halves with one straight cut of a knife?
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Answer Posted / darwin
the piece removed will be of any dimensionand any cornor or
any place...k now assume the piece is not taken you havethe
whole cuboid..how will you cut it exact half..by cutting
along its diagonally....
now you need to imagine by the question given, you have to
cut the remaining cake diagonally also make sure that the
removed piece also would have been diveded exactly..if it
would be actuly there(imagine)....
thanks
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