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Letter: Cake tin is two slices short of a full load

Published 12 June 2024

From Ben Crossley, Wigston, Leicestershire, UK

A 200-square-inch cake tin of the dimensions given by Keith Walters (14.14 inches per side) only allows 98 slices exactly 1 inch by 2 inches. Unless you somehow combine the bits left round the edges (Letters, 25 May).

Issue no. 3495 published 15 June 2024

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