Puzzle meme. Need help.
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I do have a thought for the possible solution but it's not very socially acceptable. Here goes.
Lilac
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- Flyover Country
Line the apples up in an offset row so you can cut them in pieces that would equal 1/3 in one stroke?
NorthernLight
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- Northern BC
Kill one of the people?
That was my first thought also.
That was my thought too !
fuzzybuddy
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I'm appalled at the solution of killing one of the people. Killing one is a horrible, inane, and questionable solution. What you do is put two of the people back to back, and then with one stab you run the blade through both of them. Two whole apples are better than some lousy slices of apple.
Don't they teach anything in school anymore?
Don't they teach anything in school anymore?
Another thought I had was to use the FLAT of the blade to smash the apples into a kind of mash the way a chef would smash a garlic clove. The mash could easily be divided among three people in equal portions. Apples are bigger than garlic cloves so I am not sure this solution would work with one stroke. What do you think?
jujube
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That was the old riddle with potatoes: Mrs. Smith has three potatoes and five children. How can she make sure each child as the same amount? Mash them. (The potatoes, not the children.....)
So my second thought was correct but how do you do so with one stroke?
JustBonee
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jujube
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Ok, she uses the knife to hold up the grocery store for some applesauce.
My head hurts. I'm not sharing. Problem solved. 
Hey, at least I didn't kill anyone.
jujube
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Ok, they use the knife to hold up someone for their pocket money and then go buy a third apple?
John cycling
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- Central Coast California
Go outside. Cut off a 3rd apple from the tree. Then each person has an apple to eat. 
palides2021
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Think outside the box (without morbid thoughts, lol). There's nothing in the riddle that says they can't bite into the apples. So have one eat half an apple, then the other eat the other half. Then one apple is left. The third person eats their half. Then the remaining apple is cut either way. They've all had their share. No need to divide equally with a knife.
Been There
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Post #5 has it correct. Each person ends up with 2/3 of an apple.
Put the 2 apples side by side and make one cut at 1/3. that leaves 2/3 left over on 2 apples
Two people gets one of the 2/3 pieces and the third person gets the 2-1/3 cuts leftover. One slice and each person gets an equal amount.
Put the 2 apples side by side and make one cut at 1/3. that leaves 2/3 left over on 2 apples
Two people gets one of the 2/3 pieces and the third person gets the 2-1/3 cuts leftover. One slice and each person gets an equal amount.
Pappy
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Make apple sauce. Oh no, only one slice allowed. I don’t know….
That's right Pappy but I get stuck also with the "one stroke of the blade."Make apple sauce. Oh no, only one slice allowed. I don’t know….
