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Cut Chocolate Carefully! (Posted on 2005-03-05)

I had a 6x7 chocolate bar. My kid stole a 2x3 piece from a corner. Can I divide the rest in two identical pieces, just cutting along the lines? In three identical pieces? In four?

+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

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V V V four piece solution

| Comment 4 of 9 |

sorry bout that

Posted by stephen on 2005-03-05 17:40:52

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