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A Problem Squared

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The Theory of Pancakes and Sandwiches

Theory says that with a single cut you can cut two pancakes perfectly in half. But this time you're also changing the orientation of the knife continuously. Because you can move it back as a voice and move it on the angle, you can prove it's unfair one way, unfair the other way. You can also do it in the Venn diagram arrangement that you've mentioned. And then the ham sandwich one gets a bit ridiculous. So that it can be a contotally deconstructed sandwich.

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