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Combinatorics Difficulty 5.0 AIME Find the answer

A group of eight people ordered a pizza. The waiter managed to divide it into eight slices with only three straight cuts. How did he manage to do this?

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Solution

Solution

Make the cuts as indicated in the following figures:
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