Timeline for Math puzzles for dinner
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 23:27 | comment | added | Andrej Bauer | Solution, since nobody posted it: Gb qvivqr gur pnxr vagb a cnegf, znex a cbvagf ba gur pvephzsrerapr bs gur fdhner fhpu gung gurl qvivqr gur pvephzsrerapr vagb rdhnyyl ybat cnegf. Gura phg sebz gur pragre bs gur fdhner gb gur znexrq cbvagf. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 6:22 | comment | added | Andrej Bauer | @Ryan: no, no, can't remove the icing of course. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 4:29 | comment | added | Ryan Reich | (I hope that's not a spoiler, it seems too absurd) | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 0:41 | comment | added | Ryan Reich | I suppose it's out of the question to remove the icing from the sides, cut it into even cubes, and then redistribute the reserved icing fairly? | |
| Jul 12, 2010 at 17:58 | comment | added | Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine | Hint: gur fvzcyr fbyhgvba (jryy, ng yrnfg gur bar V'z guvaxvat bs) trarenyvfrf vzzrqvngryl gb nal ahzore bs tenaqpuvyqera (jvgubhg punatvat gur pnxr). | |
| Jul 9, 2010 at 10:29 | comment | added | Yaakov Baruch | @ BlueRaja: gurer ner ab gevpxf, vg ernyyl vf n fvzcyr naq ryrzragnel 2Q trbzrgel ceboyrz. Nyfb abgr gung vg znggref gung gur pnxr vf fdhner naq abg erpgnathyne. | |
| Jul 8, 2010 at 21:03 | comment | added | BlueRaja | On a related note, here's a similar puzzle: Grandma wants to cut the first cake into 8 equal slices, but only making three cuts. How can she do it? | |
| Jul 8, 2010 at 21:02 | comment | added | BlueRaja | V pna guvax bs zhygvcyr fbyhgvbaf - phg rdhny cvrprf sebz gur rqtrf naq fnir gur erfg sbe urefrys be sbe yngre; abg tvir gurz nal (gurl'ir unq rabhtu fjrrgf!); qvivqr vg vagb 8 rdhny fyvprf, naq chg vpvat ba n fyvpr bs gur svefg pnxr. Jung'f gur pbeerpg nafjre? | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 21:57 | comment | added | Yaakov Baruch | uneq sbe gur zngurzngvpvnaf, ohg ernyyl rnfl sbe gur tenaqzn... | |
| Jul 6, 2010 at 12:01 | history | answered | Andrej Bauer | CC BY-SA 2.5 |