They guessed false after quickly trying to dissect a cake in their heads.
The answer is true.
And we were baffled.
We spent 10 minutes trying to figure it out. I even almost called my dad as a sort of "lifeline." Here are our attempts at trying to cut a cake into 8 pieces with three cuts:
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Finally Andy went upstairs and googled the question. You can cut a cake into eight pieces by cutting down through it in an "x" and then cutting through the middle of the cake.
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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that version...
ReplyDeletethat WAS tricky though!
You would love this game: http://ticket2ridegame.com Get the European version (most fun)...you can play with 2 players up to 5. SO MUCH FUN...we've been playing it all vacation.