This is an actual situation.  My family loves Black & White cookies. These cookies are circles with a vertical diameter dividing the frosting into chocolate & vanilla. \n\nIf I am going to eat the entire cookie, I obviously get an equal amount of B & W. \n\nIf I am going to share it with my daughter, Shelby, I just cut the cookie in half horizontally, and we each get an equal amout of B & W. \n\n\nBut.  If my son Mike is also present, we each want one-third of a cookie. But each of us must get an equal amount of B & W.  If we imagine the horizontal diameter as two cuts, one on top of each other, and then move the knives north and south an equal amount, the top and bottom amounts will be exactly equal to each other. \n\n\nHow far away from the horizontal diameter should the cuts be made so that the center portion has the same area of both black & white frosting as the upper & lower portions?
121759
You cut at 1/4 of the distance from the center to the edge.  If you want it more exact, it's 0.2649 of the radius.  Steve is wrong, size of the cookie doesn't matter.\n\nIf you want the trig: the cut is a chord parallel to the horizontal diameter.  Draw radii to the ends of the chord, and an altitude from the center of the circle to the (center) of the chord.  For convenience let radius r=1.  Length of altitude = d.  Half the length of the chord = w.  And angle between altitude and radius = x (in radians). \n\nNow area of the sector is 2x/2pi*pi*r^2 = (so nice!) just x.  Area of the triangle is 1/2 base * height = d*w.  And we eventually want the value of d, distance from center to the cut.\n\nSo area of the slice = area of sector - area of triangle=\nx-dw=1/3*area of whole circle = 1/3*pi*r^2=pi/3\nSince d=cos(x) and w=sin(x), \nwe need to solve x-cos(x)*sin(x)=pi/3.\nUsing a graphing calculator, we get x=1.302662837 radians, for which cos(x)=d=0.2649320846.
59667
one thing you could do is put the cookies in jar, then put a valentinesy square of fabric over the top and tie it down with ribbon, like a lid. it looks festive but its not overdone. you could also do somethign more personal, like if your boyfriend is really into skateboarding find a box and glue on magazine scraps with cool skateboarding logos and pics. any collage could really dress up a container and a magazine or advertisement to cut up shouldnt be too hard to find.
476593
Friday night is game night......board games and such.\nWe prepare together....popcorn, snacks....I let each of the kids alternate weekly on picking the snack theme.\n\nWe decorate cookies every year....bake the basic sugar cookies...however the frosting as such go into detail...green,white red, and sprinkles, red hots...to decorate the little guys.....every year the kids enjoy this the most...\nI also bake  a variety and we mixed them and take a plate to the neighbors with one cookie from each of the children mixed with Moms....\n\nI like this one the best. For a wedding gift I received a traditional German gift....You are Special plate.....every night a different child gets the plate. I state why the child got the plate....Thank you for getting ready this morning with a smile....or Mr. Teacher called today and you are doing really well....so this child is the special child and its a get out of helping with dishes card...lol(my oldest is 17 and still appreciates this and really likes the get out of dishes factor)\n\nAlso during dinner every night we start with day...name one good thing that happened today...goes around all 5 and then name one bad thing that happened today....nice way to keep open communication with your children...(my favorite time of the day)\n\nthere are more....just listed a few....fingers cant keep up with the mind......\nWe even make food baskets together for the elder community.\n\nBest wishes
49239
He couldn't squash a jelly bean between 85 and 86 because they are opposite sides of the same page.\n\nHe could squash a chocolate bar between 90 and 91 because they are facing pages.\n\nNext question - what is the proper punishment for his desecration of MY FAVORITE BOOK!!!
367794
I happened to come across this - looks interesting.\n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/500-TASTY-DIABETIC-RECIPES-Satisfy-Your-Tastebuds-Diet_W0QQitemZ160024054423QQihZ006QQcategoryZ47103QQcmdZViewItem
33882
How about this? Straight multiplying gives you the following:\n\n18b^3/b^2\n\nb^3 = bxbxb\nb^2 = bxb\n\nYou have 3 bs on top and 2 on bottom. Whenever you have the same number on top and bottom, it cancels out. Since there are 2 bs on bottom, 2 of the ones on the top cancel out as well. This leaves you with 18b.\n\nDid that help at all?
613162
Now this is a christian retreat right? So you want to make some treats for the couples, let me see if they are going for a retreat I would think it is to learn more about each other and to find their self. I guess the sex treats might be okay but I am not sure all the couples might be okay with this. Have you spoken to all of them about this?
359831
obviously it's a cultural difference to plan engagement party before actually becoming engaged...but i'm not going to judge. hey, u and ur fiancee (and family?) probably have discussed this decision and want to celebrate it publicly...\n\nanyway, w/ that being said, here's some suggestions....\n==> decor: gold w/ red accents; silk damask tablecloths w/ candle as centerpiece; solid-colored napkin rings; fine chinaware; candles, candles, candles for an elegant romantic ambience. \n==> programs/shows: have u/fiancee traveled? spotlight the destinations by making a slideshow; spotlight/celebrate your own and ur fiancee's heritage as well...this also a way to involve older members of both families. \n==> to add european touch: include an amuse bouche/hors d'oeuvre before the meal/main course. (e.g. antipasto, apertif)\n\nincorporate asian/american flavor in the menu w/ each course...\n1st: pasta dish; 2nd: meat, like fish; 3rd: salad; 4th: dessert; 5th: cheese or something light like fruit coffee/tea; 6th: coffee, tea, or liqueurs, maybe irish coffee? \n\nhope this helps...congratulations!
32913
I have same trouble. .  dessert has always been my favorite part of the meal.   Unfortunately, there really aren't any shortcuts;  there are four factors that will affect your sugar level   1)Food and 2)Stress will make it go up  and 3) Physical exertion and 4) Insulin will make it go down.  It's a daily chore to maintain a balance of all of these but it's really the only way.   To echo others' sentiments here on Yahoo! Answers,  even if it sounds like really excellent advice!,  Don't depend on it to determine your actions.  Talk to your Doctor or a registered Dietitian please!
457676
The Law of Superposition states that all sediments are deposited in a horizontal fashion where the oldest sediments will be the bottom layer and the youngest sediments will be the top later of a rock formation.\n\nEXAMPLE:\n\nThink about pouring candy into a jar.  One day, you pour a bag of M & Ms into a jar.  Notice that they spread out at the bottom of the jar so that they are a horizontal layer (none of the candies decided to stack on top of one another and make a tower out of themselves).  The next day, you come back to the jar.  The M & Ms are exactly the same as you left them the day before.  You then pour a bag of Skittles in the jar the same as you had with the M & Ms.  They also make a horizontal layer in the jar, but instead of being at the bottom of the jar, they lay on top of the M & M layer.  If you don't disturb the jar, you know that the bottom horizontal layer of M & Ms is older than the layer of Skittles.\n  \n\nThe Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states that any igneous intrusion is always younger than the rock it cuts across.\n\nEXAMPLE:\n\nImagine you have a loaf of bread.  You take a can of Reddy Whip whip cream and put the whip cream's "nozzle" into the bread and fill the inside of the bread with whip cream.  The flow of whip cream represents an igneous intrusion like a sill or a dike.  The bread, which represents the original rock, was obviously sitting on the table before the whip cream even came into the picture.  Thus, the original rock (bread) is older than the igneous intrusion (whip cream).\n\nI hope this helps!
658556
If you have 2 apples and they give them back you will have 2 apples.  IF they ate any I do not know how many apples you will have because the quantitity is not specified.  Good question though, it got me thinking for a minute, imagining cutting apples in half etc.
535961
the answers that the above people have given are wrong. the circular table does matter. let's say A, B, C, D and E are the people around the table. if they were in a line, ABCDE would not be the same arrangement as BCDEA. But in a circle, they are the same. It is unfortunate that I have forgotten what the formula is. search for it on google and you should get some answers. \n\nhope i helped.
533025
oh! bake heartshaped cookies with icing and try adding his name on it as part of the decoration. since winter is around the corner, invite him to your house where its warm and everything bring out the cookies and cups of hot chocolate. I am sure the guy will be glad to eat it and i think its really cute!(=
378512
I like the cookie idea... be sweet to him.. because, no offence, but your friend sounds like a ho... \n\nmost guys will chose sweet before sl.ut anyways...
477371
When I ran into that problem, I bought a bunch of funky jars and went to the Bulk Barn for flour, chocolate chips, sugar and any other ingredients to make cookie or squares! You put all the dry ingredients in layers in the jar, and attach the recipe! All the person has to add (usually) is eggs, milk and/or water! I know there is a book you can get through Avon that has recipe cards, ribbons and instructions....also try http://www.organize-house.com/gifts-in-a-jar.html\n\nI hope this helps!!!  (o=
78751
Of course weight, age and motility - for the cat - and bread/butter thickness ratio, even-ness and %age totality of spread covering all have to be factored into the determining equation.  \n\nIf we assume that these elements cancel each other out - perhaps the cat and the toast land side on?
32898
First, we make two equations. \nLet's say p=the number of peanut butter cookie boxes\nand m=the number of mint cookie boxes.\nso p+m=25 because there was a total of 25 boxes.\nalso 3p+4m=88 because each peanut butter cookie box was $3 and each mint cookie box was $4 and the total earned was $88.\nso now we have :\np+m=25\n3p+4m=88\nwe multiply the first equation by 4 to get:\n4p+4m=100.\nthen we subtract the second equation from it get:\n{4p+4m=100}-{3p+4m=88}={p=12}\nso there were 12 boxes of peanut butter cookies. and $36 were earned from that because 12*$3=$36.\nand the rest of the money was earned from mint cookies. \n$88-$36=$52\nso $52 were earned from mint cookie boxes. and since they were sold for $4 each:\n$52/$4=13\nso 13 mint cookie boxes were sold\nand 12 peanut butter cookie boxes were sold\nI hope you understood my explanation. by the way, i used a method called elimination to solve the equations. If you had a graphing calculator, this probably would have been much easier, but i wasn't sure if you had one, so i just explained it the long way.