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Tatsu wrote on 2010-07-10 21:13
So, I was reading a certain story that was just recently and fully translated a few hours back, and this riddle appeared. I think it's a pretty fun and cute riddle. I just don't like how I was technically right at first, but was actually wrong.
You have one large piece of cheese. A single slice with a knife can split it into two parts. What is the lowest number of slices you can make to cut it into eight parts? The only rule is that you're only allowed to split the cheese with the knife. It will not be split if you use your hands or anything. Super magical cheese.
This is something that can only be done with cheese. If it was a birthday cake, everyone'd complain.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-07-10 21:16
Two slices. Since it's magical cheese, you should be able to bend it like paper. So, fold it two times, cut it in the middle, then take the four pieces, stack them, and cut all those pieces at once.
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Axx wrote on 2010-07-10 21:17
Answer:
3, cut it once horizontally and twice vertically.
[COLOR=Black]@MrLucky: I tried your solution with some paper and got 9.
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Kueh wrote on 2010-07-10 21:18
^lol
That post is full of win.
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Rebel wrote on 2010-07-10 21:20
Hm...I want to say three, but i know i'd be wrong, so i'll wait for someone who googled the answer to post.
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Axx wrote on 2010-07-10 21:22
Quote from Axx;88425:
Answer:
3, cut it once horizontally and twice vertically. The birthday cake hint was helpful.
@Misterlucky After the first cut, you'd only have 2 folded slices, not 4...unless I'm missing something.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-07-10 21:22
Quote from Adori;88430:
Hm...I want to say three, but i know i'd be wrong, so i'll wait for someone who googled the answer to post.
Tatsu made the riddle, so it's a unique riddle. So you can't google it.
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Tatsu wrote on 2010-07-10 21:25
One of you are right, under a very special circumstance. The other is wrong, but is on the right idea.
Careful, you might accidentally make the birthday cake hint into a red herring.
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Osayidan wrote on 2010-07-10 21:27
29.
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Arsik wrote on 2010-07-10 21:29
6,234. Kept screwing up, so I had to get another chunk of cheese. Wouldn't be fair to give one person a smaller piece than someone else. D:
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Kueh wrote on 2010-07-10 21:32
Pretty sure both of the first answers are cheating because they're counting multiple cuts as one because they have the pieces close to each other.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-07-10 21:33
Quote from Axx;88425:
Answer:
3, cut it once horizontally and twice vertically.
[COLOR=Black]@MrLucky: I tried your solution with some paper and got 9.
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Whaaat? How'd you get nine? :O
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Chockeh wrote on 2010-07-10 21:39
Before I read the answer, imma answer myself.
I say 3.
You cut it once like l
Then like /
Then like \
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Axx wrote on 2010-07-10 21:40
Quote from Mrlucky77;88443:
Whaaat? How'd you get nine? :O
I folded a piece of paper in half, then folded it in half again, then ripped it twice. Counting all the pieces afterwords gave me 9. I don't know why.
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Tatsu wrote on 2010-07-10 21:41
Quote from Whyrainfalls;88442:
Pretty sure both of the first answers are cheating because they're counting multiple cuts as one because they have the pieces close to each other.
It's not cheating. You're thinking too much. Just because you cut cheese in half, it doesn't mean that there are now two entirely new "cheese". No, they are still the same cheese, just split from one another. You don't cut a human in half and call it two humans, do you? That's the kind of logic that's no allowed to be used. and inb4 some ridiculous way that the cheese in question was originally part of another "cheese", and thus should be considered two "pieces" from the get go.
Ignore the odd grammar, but it's the best I can do with my choice of vocabulary.
Oh, and the flaw with Mrlucky's method is that when you cut it the first time, you get three pieces, and not four.
And I'll give the answer in white whenever nobody gets the answer in about 6 hours