A math problem with a built-in dad joke: if a circular cake… - Paul Graham

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A math problem with a built-in dad joke: if a circular cake a foot in diameter is shared equally between 36 people, how big a slice does each one get?

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Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

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A math problem with a built-in dad joke: if a circular cake a foot in diameter is shared equally between 36 people, how big a slice does each one get? - Paul Graham

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