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>>10056844

you slash 4 people, since they are dead they don't need apples.
the 3 alive people eat an apple each.
fin.

>>10056849
you can also kill one of them, and then split each of the apples equally for the 6 people.

>>10056849
>>10056856
Pretend that killing people isn't an option

>>10056844

What shape are the apples considered to be? Perfect spheres?

>>10056859
I'm sorry you lost me...

>>10056859

I slice the oesophagus of 4 of them, they cannot eat food anymore, the remaining 3 people eat the apples.

>>10056872
Sure. Also no remainders. You can't have 9 equal apple pieces for example

>>10056880
I never said anyone needed to eat the apples

>>10056873
IRL, apples aren't spheres. They are a weird "apple" shape. Meaning even if you were to cut an apple in half, there would only be one-way usually to get two equal sides (vertical cut). And it means you could only cut a single apple once. Also, what is considered a cut? If I cut an apple once in two, then I cut both halves of the cut apple, does that count as 3 cuts or 2 cuts?

>>10056888
Yes but are we allowed to kill people?

>>10056844
okay here's my answer

for each of the apples, make one very long spiral cut as if you were carefully peeling it -- that's three cuts
then for each of your three apple strips, fold them six times to get seven layers
then stack your folded strips on top of one another and cut through the middle, you get 21 strip pieces and 3 can go to each person

>>10056844
You do one cut diagonally from top left corner to bottom right, one from bottom left to top right, and one horizotnally in the middle. The 4th cut is length wise to cut all apples by half. First and third apple are 8 slices each, while the second apple is 12 slices. You now have 28 slices of apple who which you can distribute equally to the 7 people, each getting 4.

>>10056844
you can do this problem with three cuts
just stack the apples on top of one another, and, looking from above, cut all the way down through 180 degrees, with the center point and the edge as boundaries of the cut, cut at 180/7 degrees (again, with the same boundaries) all the way through, and at -180/7 degrees (again, with the same boundaries) all the way through. This produces 6 pieces of apple each weighing 3/7 of an apple, and another 3 pieces each weighing 1/7 of an apple. Give 6 of the people one apple chunk each, and the last one the 3 smaller apple chunks.

>>10056904
those 12 slices can't be distributed evenly to the 7 people.

>>10056915
I mean if you can play with the weight of the apples, and the shape doesn't count, it's ridiculously easy. Two cuts would do it. Stack the apples, cut whatever shape you want out of them such that one is worth a third of half of the remainder of one of those apples. Then cut all the remainders of the apples in half, then distribute like you did.

I can do it in 2 cuts:
First, slice the three apples in half with one cut using a long knife and considerable force.
Now we have six slices. Line them up, and slice off 1/7th of each of them, again using a single cut.

>>10056941
I entered the thread to make sure multicuts through all apples wasn’t allowed and I’m not disappointed. Thats a stupid question.

Everyone gets 3/7ths

>>10056844
Cut each apple vertically into 6/7ths and 1/7 (3 cuts). Then cut the apples in half horizontally. now you have six 6/14ths and six 1/14ths pieces.

>>10056941
If you can cut through multiple apples together, then why not just use 2 cuts?

>>10056844
>japanese
You got me there for a second.

Slice 1 person and then slice each apple once, right through the middle. 0.5 apples for each remaining person.

>>10056844

>>10056941
Correct

>>10056844
It's chinese, burger.

>>10057374
>If you can cut through multiple people together, then why not just use 1 cut?
fixed

>>10056844
why are 4 people crossed out?

>>10058803
Stop being autistic because you couldn't solve the problem properly: whether they're alive or not, you need to split the apples equally.

>>10058904
>waahhh that's not how it's supposed to work
nigga, u the one that's autistic

>>10056844
That's not Japanese.

>>10056844
>Japanese

>>10056901
Woah

>>10058975
>>10058982
>actually being a weaaboo gook-lover

>>10056844
Cut horizontally across all apples in one slice.
Cut vertically across all apples in one slice.
Realign apples to cut vertically the other direction.
Now the apples are in 8 pieces each, enough for 3 pieces for each person evenly distributed.

>>10059250
And also solved using only 3 cuts

3 apples, cut 1/2
6 equal-sized pieces, cut 1/7
7 equal-sized pieces

Only needed two cuts.

>>10058975


>>10058982
Hey tardos kanji is still Japanese

Cut 1 apple 2 times vertically and 2 times horizontally
You now have 2 entire apples and 9 equal pieces of apple. Give each person one of the equal pieces and keep the 2 apples anf 2 pieces for yourself

>>10056941
Implying apples are perfect circles
t. Brainlet

>>10056859
The photo literally shows 4 people being brutally killed.

>>10059558
Implying circles are 3 dimensional objects

>>10059611
Congrats, your post is prime
>>10059554

>>0059579

gonna hafta go with this solution too. Seems pretty Japanese to me... although I'd ask which ones want to die for the emperor and when they all commit seppuku keep all the apples to myself.

..which is pretty American if you ask me too....

>>10056844
3/4 = 0.75

with a single horizontal cut you cut off 3/7 of each apple. give those 3/7's to three people. now you're left with 3 (smaller) apples which are to be divided equally between 4 people. again you cut off 3/4 of each apple with a single cut and distribute in the obvious way. you only need two cuts.

Is there any solution to this without multiple apple cuts? I dont think there is, but I'm not sure.

>>10056901
Checks out

Is this some bullshit where you use one cut to cut multiple apples