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Does not say about the shape of the cake. A properly designed Y shaped cake could be cut into 3 equal portions with just one straight cut

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Right, but Y shape has is a triagle in the center..

about design of Y shape knife maybe but

lets see first if there's a need.

thanks

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C shape does not look whole..or a cake

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If the cake was just a regular rectangle...

Would cutting a circle out of the middle be considered a "one straight" cut? To keep the numbers simple, if the cake were 2 feet x 4.71 feet, she could cut a circle with a 2 foot diameter out of the middle. You would then have a circle piece with an area of 3.14 feet, and the two side pieces with the same area.

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The problem never stated what the cake would be cut with. Could be a knife, or possibly some pitchfork shaped utensil.

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If the cake was just a regular rectangle...

Would cutting a circle out of the middle be considered a "one straight" cut? To keep the numbers simple, if the cake were 2 feet x 4.71 feet, she could cut a circle with a 2 foot diameter out of the middle. You would then have a circle piece with an area of 3.14 feet, and the two side pieces with the same area.

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( ) ) ] same weight but bears may have issue on it and hard to explain they are as big without a weighing scale,all might demand the circle one . Thanks for this solution

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The problem never stated what the cake would be cut with. Could be a knife, or possibly some pitchfork shaped utensil.

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Hi there Bobby,

Thats is awsome piece of hardware..but they cant afford to buy such.

thanks for the idea.

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A round, thin, warpable and bit stretchable cake is the
solution specs for this puzzle.."the whole cake" is
a big pancake.The 3 bears love honey syrup on their hot cakes!
Solution:
she did cut the 3 "slice radii" (120deg "Y") at the same time..
first she made a tiny hole on the pancake to mark its center.
then mark the ends of these slice radii on the cake edge.
Next warping it into a "D" shape along one of slice radii making
the other two slice radii (or edge marks) aligned. If she cut the
two aligned slice radii she could have only 2/3 & 1/3 of the cake.
So instead,she warped it again to align the 3 slice radii.
Finally cut them straight starting from the center hole .
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