Tell me more ×    share|improve this question 8x 1in by 1in
pieces, obviously. –  hkf May 4 '12 at 6:08 @hkf: Did you
understood the question correctly? –  UPT May 4 '12 at 7:19 Into
eight equal square pieces, 1x1 squares (when you actually mean
cuboids) are equal, are they not? –  hkf May 4 '12 at 8:06 @UPT:
I think you may have misunderstood your question. It is only
required that you form 8 square pieces, not 8 equal sized square
pieces (as the title of your question implies...). I assume the
original question can be found here: –  Darren Engwirda May 4
'12 at 10:51 @UPT While the question says that you want to cut
the cake slice into 8 pieces, hkf's solution also solves the
meta-problem of dealing with guests who are pissed off because
of the size discrepancy of your servings. –  Peter M May 4 '12
at 12:08 add comment  closed as off topic by Cody Gray, AakashM,
Masi, Beta, woodchips May 4 '12 at 13:55   1 Answer  up vote 3
down vote accepted  So this is essentially a variation on a bin
packing problem (wh