The Scientific Way to Cut a Cake - Numberphile
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Who doesn't like birthday cakes? And what I'm going to show you today is that there are good ways and there are bad ways of cutting a cake. And the classic way, the bad way, is like this, which would be normal. You put the knife in the center. One bit of a slice, Other bit of a slice... [laughter] <i>Brady Haran: It's like the classic. Alex Bellos: It is the classic. Isn't it?</i> It's almost like a pie chart. You know, one thing about the word pie chart. In France they call them Camembert, which is like a cheese. It's actually like a cheese chart in France. Interesting cultural differences in math speak. So this is what you would do. You take this, you would put this over here, you eat it, and then you leav...
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Who doesn't like birthday cakes? And what I'm going to show you today is that there are good ways and there are bad ways of cutting a cake. And the classic way, the bad way, is like this, which would be normal. You put the knife in the center. One bit of a slice, Other bit of a slice... [laughter] <i>Brady Haran: It's like the classic. Alex Bellos: It is the classic. Isn't it?</i> It's almost like a pie chart. You know, one thing about the word pie chart. In France they call them Camembert, which is like a cheese. It's actually like a cheese chart in France. Interesting cultural differences in math speak. So this is what you would do. You take this, you would put this over here, you eat it, and then you leav...
