How can u cut a big piece of cake into eight(8) pieces with
only three cuts using a knife.

Answer Posted / nitish

1). first of all cut the cake frm its thickness which turns
the single cake into two different circular cakes.

2). cut the cake into two differnt halves which turns the
cake into four pices.

3). final cut shuld b a diagonal which turns the single cake
into 8 pisces.

all the best !

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