Given a rectangular cake with rectangular piece removed (any size, any orientation), how would you cut remainder cake in two equal haves with one straight cut of knife.
find out the centre of gravity of the cut-out piece and the resulting figure after cutting the piece off...the straight line joining these two points is the required straight cut...
find out the centre of gravity of the cut-out piece and the resulting figure after cutting the piece off...the straight line joining these two points is the required straight cut...
ReplyDeletethe straight line that cuts the remainder cake into 2 halves shall pass through the following points :
ReplyDelete-> the center of the original (rectangular - uncut) cake.
-> the center of the rectangular piece removed