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“Cutting the Cheese”: Solution

Posted in Puzzles by Greg Ross on June 4th, 2008

Solution to Cutting the Cheese:

cutting the cheese - solution

Mark the mid-points in BC, CH, HE, EF, FG, and GB. Then insert the knife at the top and follow the direction indicated by the dotted plane. Then the two surfaces will each be a perfect hexagon, and the piece on the right will, in perspective, resemble Figure 2.