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  • D Douglas Troy

    Ok, fold the donut in half, and then half again, and then again so that's in 3'rds, kind of "cone" shaped at this point, I believe. Using one knife, cut off one side Using the other knife, cut off the other side When you're done, I think you'll have 6 pieces after that ... Damn, I need a donut to test this out on ...


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    Jim Crafton
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    Have you seen a donut recently? If you tried to "fold" it that many times you'd end up with a handful of crumbs, a group of pissed off little kids, and then a woman with a knife, a headache (from the kids), and an extremely bad disposition towards you. Yeah, sounds like a true win/win situation!!! :)

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    • R Raj Lal

      A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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      Mircea Grelus
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      In order for this to be easy to explain checkout this figure[^]. So, cut horizontally from left to right up until the dotted line. Without moving the donut bend the left side over the right one to form a C shape (flipped). Now make a second cut on the dotted line. With this final cut, the left C shape is split into 6 pieces (3 for the top C shape and 3 for the button one) and there is the right piece, making it 7 pieces.

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        In order for this to be easy to explain checkout this figure[^]. So, cut horizontally from left to right up until the dotted line. Without moving the donut bend the left side over the right one to form a C shape (flipped). Now make a second cut on the dotted line. With this final cut, the left C shape is split into 6 pieces (3 for the top C shape and 3 for the button one) and there is the right piece, making it 7 pieces.

        Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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        Raj Lal
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        THIS WILL GIVE YOU 5 PIECES

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        • R Raj Lal

          A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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          Anastasiosyal
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          I dont remember the last time i used a knife to actually cut a donought! Just cut it with your hands and get it done with! Save the knives for something proper. Whats with the use and throw knives anyway? They get too blunt to cut throught the donought and need to be thrown away? They melt?! Or they get dirty and are unusable because of that? Alternatively take 1 knife cut the donought in 7 and throw it away once your done with it, tell her to keep the other knife... Nothing extreme required

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          • M Mircea Grelus

            Cut the donut in half. You get 2 C shaped pieces. Place them on top of each other and make another cut top-down on the C shape to divide each shape into 3. There you go. 6 pieces

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            Raj Lal
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            YOU ALREADY GOT IT THERE , ITS MEANT FOR 5 CHILDREN AND YOU , THE WOMAN IS NOT EATING HAVE FUN WITH YOUR PIECE

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            • R Raj Lal

              THIS WILL GIVE YOU 5 PIECES

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              Mircea Grelus
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              Dude, let's say for instance you cut it completely horizontally in two circular pieces (rings), bent it to form a C shape and cut top-down on the C shape. How many pieces do you get? 4 for each circular piece. So in total 8 pieces. But because my solution suggested not a complete horizontal cut, the right part of the donut is actually only one piece because it is not split. So there are 7 pieces.

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                YOU ALREADY GOT IT THERE , ITS MEANT FOR 5 CHILDREN AND YOU , THE WOMAN IS NOT EATING HAVE FUN WITH YOUR PIECE

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                Mircea Grelus
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                Don't tell me this is the solution !? :wtf: The woman is "sharing". That means something in english.

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                • R Raj Lal

                  A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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                  Cut the donut into Half. This will give us two C shaped donut pieces. Now place them as piece#1 as "C" at bottom and on top of it 2nd piece but in flipped "C" form so basically like "X" but overlapped. then cut in middle. This gives us 6 pieces. I hope you can visualize what I was saying.

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                  • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                    Shog was the woman. :)


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                    :doh:

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                    • M Mircea Grelus

                      Dude, let's say for instance you cut it completely horizontally in two circular pieces (rings), bent it to form a C shape and cut top-down on the C shape. How many pieces do you get? 4 for each circular piece. So in total 8 pieces. But because my solution suggested not a complete horizontal cut, the right part of the donut is actually only one piece because it is not split. So there are 7 pieces.

                      Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                      Mircea Grelus wrote:

                      the right part of the donut is actually only one piece because it is not split.

                      the right part is ok but the left part with only have two piece

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                        Cut the donut into Half. This will give us two C shaped donut pieces. Now place them as piece#1 as "C" at bottom and on top of it 2nd piece but in flipped "C" form so basically like "X" but overlapped. then cut in middle. This gives us 6 pieces. I hope you can visualize what I was saying.

                        Sohail

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                        Raj Lal
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                        thats correct

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                        • R Raj Lal

                          Mircea Grelus wrote:

                          the right part of the donut is actually only one piece because it is not split.

                          the right part is ok but the left part with only have two piece

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                          Mircea Grelus
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                          Seriously. I've uploaded another figure[^]. The left, top and bottom pieces are double (because they are horizontally cut through the middle.) The right piece is single.

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                            thats correct

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                            Mircea Grelus
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                            I'm getting mad here. The bloody woman is shaaaaaaring. 1 woman + 5 children + you = ?

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                              A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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                              Quartz. wrote:

                              she want to share it with 5 children and you

                              if that's the case then she needs 7 pieces, not 6

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                                Quartz. wrote:

                                she want to share it with 5 children and you

                                if that's the case then she needs 7 pieces, not 6

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                                El Corazon
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                                Quartz. wrote: she want to share it with 5 children and you

                                Dinobot_Slag wrote:

                                if that's the case then she needs 7 pieces, not 6

                                She'll give you a piece later when the children are asleep. Patience.

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                                  I'm getting mad here. The bloody woman is shaaaaaaring. 1 woman + 5 children + you = ?

                                  Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                                  Raj Lal
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                                  By share i meant, "share between her 5 children" AND "you", it was share between her children and you. sorry if i got you confused !

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                                    Seriously. I've uploaded another figure[^]. The left, top and bottom pieces are double (because they are horizontally cut through the middle.) The right piece is single.

                                    Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                                    Raj Lal
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                                    in your second figure also the first cut is just the left portion so the total number of piece will be 5 ?

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                                      :doh:

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                                      Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                      I was addressing you as in the woman who will divide the donut up. Take a deep breath. :)


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                                        Seriously. I've uploaded another figure[^]. The left, top and bottom pieces are double (because they are horizontally cut through the middle.) The right piece is single.

                                        Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                                        Raj Lal
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                                        are you also counting the bend as break ?

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                                        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                                          I was addressing you as in the woman who will divide the donut up. Take a deep breath. :)


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                                          Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                                          I was addressing you as in the woman who will divide the donut up. Take a deep breath.

                                          Now, thats starting to sound dirty... ;P

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