• Slowy@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    In one slice, cut a third off of each apple, and you’re left with 3 portions of 2/3 an apple each

    • DaCookeyMonsta@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      What’s bothering me is, mathematically that is the answer, but practically the apple is a non uniform shape so you cant really determine where a third of the apple truly is and it has seeds in the middle meaning two of the kieces will have seeds one the one getting the two cut off pieces won’t so its not truly shared equally.

    • huginn@feddit.it
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      9 months ago

      Or cut both of them in half and throw out half an apple.

      Didn’t say all of the apple.

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        9 months ago

        Line the apples up next to each other, I guess. Sort of like taking a single slice through multiple carrots on the cutting board at once. Harder to do with apples given their shape, but I’d the knife is big enough, or you’re counting a slice as “single continuous motion” then it is probably valid.

        I can’t think of any other physical solution that isn’t a joke, so this is the most probable puzzle solution. In a D&D setting I might require a slight of hand check with a very low DC to pull off the single slicing motion.

    • fishos@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      It can be done in 4 pieces. Whole numbers aren’t necessary for the pieces.

  • Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Align the two apples so they’re off center to one another. One has 2/3 on the outside to the left, 1/3 to the right, the other 2/3 to the outside to the right, 1/3 to the left.

    Bird’s eye view, the single line cutting both apples will leave us with the left 2/3 of the first apple and the right 2/3 of the second, and a third portions made of 2 thirds, or another 2/3 of an apple.

    One cut, 2 apples, 3 equal portions.