I take a cake of any form and i have to cut it into two same pieces using one straight cut, how do i do it
Make a cut along the axis of symmetry.
A cake of ANY FORM
If it has no axis of symmetry, then you can't...
You could cut it from the side, of course, if that's what you meant.
From the side? The cake can be any form u can see in real life
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The cake can take the form of a tree, a tIger, a shoe , any forM
U cant find the symetry axe by eyes
Some objects don't have symmetry axes, though, so they can't be cut into two identical pieces.
Exactly, the question asks u to find a way
I don't think we're on the same wavelength. An arbitrary shape cannot be cut into two identical pieces. Period.
Extending @Jemurray3 's reply, he means An arbitrary shape cannot be cut into 2 identical pieces unless it has at least 1 axis of symmetry. This sounds more like a trick question than a mathematical question.
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