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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  25 Feb 2012, 03:23
I personally don't like this question because it resembles too much of those brainteasers and I ended up with 14 pieces... 3 cuts would equal 7 pieces and then one linear straight slice horizontally would give me 14 pieces...
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  17 Nov 2012, 02:22
Hii Bunuel.
Can you please explain the pattern. Though I understood the pattern, I am not able to visualize the pattern.
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  12 Feb 2013, 03:44
Bunuel wrote:
marcodonzelli wrote:
What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can be divided into by four linear cuts?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11

Can someone show this to me with a picture?


Such kind of combinations problems are always about a pattern recognition.

Maximum pieces:
0 line gives 1 whole piece;
1 line will gives 2 pieces: 1+1=2;
2 lines will give 4 pieces: 2+2=4;
3 lines will give 7 pieces: 4+3=7;
4 lines will give 7+4=11 pieces.

Similarly:
5 lines will give 11+5=16 pieces;
6 lines will give 16+6=22 pieces;
7 lines will give 22+7=29 pieces.

So, generally kth line will add k new pieces.

Answer: E.

P.S. Though I agree, it doesn't seem to be GMAT type of question.


but I got this in the GC CAT.. you just said , it aint a GMAT type of Question :shock:
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  29 Jul 2014, 22:57
[quote="Sachin9"][quote="Bunuel"][quote="marcodonzelli"]What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can be divided into by four linear cuts?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11



How does the 3rd line give us 7 pieces. Each time we add one more line we get 2 more pieces So shouldn't 3 lines give us 6 pieces.
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  29 Oct 2015, 15:27
thanks makes a lot of sense with the pattern recognition, hope i get this question now :D
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  27 Nov 2015, 10:11
In my opinion Max Pieces could be 14.
3 Cuts will Give you 7 Pieces and if you halve the cake from side going through all the pieces , this will double it i.e 7*2=14
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Re: What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  12 Jan 2022, 09:41
marcodonzelli wrote:
What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can be divided into by four linear cuts?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11


Best way to do this questions is to make each subsequent cut such that-
1. All preceding line are cut by the subsequent line.
2. No two lines are concurrent.

You get the required answer i.e. 11.
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What is the maximum number of pieces that a circular pie can [#permalink] New post  13 Jan 2022, 00:45
There is a generalized formula to solve these type of questions

Number of parts divided into = n(n+1)/2 + 1

Here, n = number of linear cuts.

Likewise in this question, n = 4

On solving, we get 11 parts.
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