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Partitioning the Regions (Posted on 2004-08-23)

From Pizza Cut, we know the formula for maximum partitioning (pieces) of the circle, given n straight lines (cuts).
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Determine the formula for the maximum number of pieces if you cut a crescent moon (think capital letter 'C') with n straight lines.
Determine the formula for the maximum number of pieces of cheesecake (a cylinder) produced by n plane cuts.

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-07-26 01:02:41
re(2): I think this is right.	nikki	2004-08-26 08:03:02
re: I think this is right.	bob909	2004-08-26 03:57:26
I think this is right.	nikki	2004-08-23 15:20:08

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