Interview Question
Country: India
I had the same doubt .. here's the solution as per me :
1st cut : cut the cake into two half.
Now place the half part of cake symmetrically over the other half of the cake.
2nd cut : cut the pile from the middle .
Now u ll have 4 pieces of equal size.
Pile all of them up , one above the other .
3rd cut : cut the pile from the middle .now u get 8 equal pieces.. alll having CREAM
(Now dont say that cream ll get spoiled during piling. :P )
In case we have a birthday cake
and we try to apply above solution
4 people will get cream
and 4 will get base bread
which is not fair for 8 guys
so what will you do now..?
haha... yes my next qus ws the same u already mentioned.....
I dont want to spoil my delicious cake
so what will you do now..?
-- by the way nice approach 'Jay'
cut the square into two equal rectangle from middle ..... ( 1st cut)
place the one rectangle above other rectangle as base.
now cut the cake again from middle(vertically) (2nd strike)
now cut the horizontally (third stike )..
now you get eight equal shaped boxes... rectangle.....
simple so simple....
Easy. Cut the cake in four pieces using two cuts. Then, align the four pieces next to each other and cut them all in one slice!
- Anonymous February 02, 2013