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Recreational problem 1: Cutting a cake into maximum number of pieces

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Muhammad Atif Zaheer

What is the maximum number of pieces a cake can be cut into using $n$ straight cuts? I came across this interesting problem on facebook. Let us denote the maximum number in above problem by $C(n)$. If $n = 1$, … Continue reading →

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