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?

Answer Posted / md abdul aziz

I suppose the previous answer is wrong...as it can be of any
orientation and size...

Answer is to cut at the line joining the center of cake and
the center of rectangular piece removed

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