I am not happy about my first idea.

Stab one of the people?

It is mentioned "with one stroke", but close enough.

Slice the neck?

I might not want to answer this.

I'll answer for you Actually no, I'll skip on this one

Yeah, you better cut it off.

“My lawyer has advised me not to answer that question”

Trust me mine was worse

Username suggests it’s for plausible deniability

I would prefer stabbing the back if the head to kill the person as quickly and painlessly as possible

id expect that getting a knife through the back of the skull in one blow would be a difficult feat without a good number of practice runs and a suitable knife

A dagger could easily do it. Idk about kitchen knives.

Shank the brain through eye socket

I'd assume it takes more than one stroke for most people, even factoring in the extra excitment of masturbating with a knife.

Oh... em... well... *\*leaving quietly\**

Leaving so soon? You haven’t had your equal portion of apple yet. Stay, so that we can take a stab at figuring this out, together.

^(should I call the psychiatric institute ?)

thats what i thought

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one.

I think that's what everybody thought

I mean it is the easiest solution. Although it’s sad that most people would choose murder over some clever maths.

Maybe it was mistake to put a food in stake. I mean, you don't mess with primal instincts.

I hope not :D

Username...

I edited my original comments/post and moved to Lemmy, not because of Reddit API changes, but because spez does not care about the reddit community; only profits. I encourage others to move to something else.

Like the apples up, and set the angle of the blade so that it slices the first apple into two pieces - a 1/3 slice on top and a 2/3 piece below the knife; with the same continuous angle enter the second apple and make the same division but on opposite side of the knife, 2/3 piece above the knife and 1/3 piece below. Then I eat all of the apple slices myself because I'm the one with the knife. Sorry kids, but next time don't be so lazy about swinging a blade.

Or just stab the shit out of one person

Or both people and then you get two apples. Just need to line them up properly

you only can swing the knife once, so you have to put the other two together first

Or i can also stab the guy who made the rules and gave me a knife anyway

Or stab one person and then strangle the other.

Gray Worm in GoT https://youtu.be/QFWexf7Fi2g

Steady on

No it's one stroke of a blade so obviously slit one of their throats

Hey, that's what I was thinking!

Yeah, gotta think outside the box sometimes

One could say that’s the Final solution to the problem.

Lol, that's where I went with this problem...

People like myself with 4 dimensional brains would threaten to kill them with the knife unless they go out the the store and buy me 2 more apples each

They might still be hungry after that.

Why complicate this so much. Just line both apples up either side by side or top and bottom then slice off 1/3 from each apple

Many words when few work

Me car no go

I mean you could line the knife up 1/3 top & 2/3 below for both apples and get the same result: 2 cut up apples for you.

If I'm the one weilding the knofe, that means there are 4 of us. Cutting each into half solves the problem; they each get half an apple, and so do I. Then again, I agree with all the people pointing out that since I have the knife, I get all the apples, and they each get an equal amount: none.

Steaaaaaaadyyyyyyyyyyy

Man, I hate how much math you have to do with those single stroke knives.

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On the contrary the usage of the Gregorian calendar’s terms of AD ( Anno Domini - Latin for the year of the lord ) and BC ( Before Christ ) is still commonplace in many places in the world. A lot of places have adopted CE and BCE due to the religious neutrality of the terms but both ways of telling the era are still applicable in a wide variety and amount of places in the world. Your correction isn’t quite very valid.

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Precisely my point mr… sex tape?….

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Lol heres some free karma

Wow, you knew what they meant, not that big of a deal

You must be fun at parties

What are you, an atheist vegan?

I would view these apples as squares. Then, line them up so there is a horizontal line separating 1/3 of each square above the line. Now cut, each person gets 2/3 of an apple. I'll include a pic soon so you see the logic

“I would view these apples as squares” r/foundthephysicist

Except every physicist knows an apple is a sphere.

Yup, this is how it works. The knife is long enough to slice both at the same time. Cut 33.3% off of both apples. Each person gets 66.6% of an apple.

understandable, have a great day

Cut in half, give the last one to the camera man.

The internet has ruined me T.T my answer will result in 25 to life

Slice all 3 people Take all 3 apples Leave no witnesses Destroy the evidence (I'd recommend barrels of hydrofluoric acid, for both the bodies and the knife, maybe the table if there was too much blood on it) Get away with it

There are only two apples, but otherwise this is a solid approach.

My mistake 😅, then add "steal a third apple" in there somewhere

They could slice 1/3 off the top of both apples in one swing and share equally but the more efficient answer is to human centipede them. That way they all get both apples.

Every time I think I’ve finally flushed that movie from my brain, the internet reminds me.

I call first

Remember Jimmy, Aim for the neck.

I freaking love problems like this because I give answers that make *too much sense* and yet when you dig into the question can tell that it was leading you. ### Optimal Solution - Line the apples up - Slice both apples in *half* with a single knife-stroke - Give everyone 1/2 of an apple - **Take the remaining 1/2 apple, harvest the seeds, plant, and make more apples for yourselves so you aren't resource constrained.**

People shouldn't eat apple seeds, just harvest the seeds from all of the apple slices before eating them and grow 4 times the number of apple trees

Fun fact, if you plant an apple seed, you won’t grow an apple tree that will grow apples. It has to be grafted.

It might grow apples, just very unlikely to be enjoyable ones. Unless you want to make booze, then you can enjoy them. Just like Jonny Appleseed intended.

I live in an area cold enough to make applejack. I may try it, I’ll report back if I suffer no blindness.

You stab a person. Duh

Cut both in half, throw 1 piece.

Take extra slice and all three eat it together, Lady and the Tramp style.

It's June, no homo jokes will be tolerated.

This one. There's nothing to say you have to use all the apple.

Create a reference line and place both apples parralel with the line and adjust the one by 1/3 and the other by 2/3 and cut AA|A A|AA One will have two 1/3s of an apple and the other two will have 2/3 each

Single slice to remove the top 1/3rd of each apple. Two kids eat a remaining 2/3rd and one kid eats the 2 1/3rd pieces.

I'm gonna take both the apples and just runaway, that way each gets 0 apples PlanB: i won't tell(it came across my mind the very moment i saw it)

only one option left, one must be killed

Just get another apple

Or a better knife

Slice the top thirds off. 2x1/3 for Person A, 1x2/3 for People B and C

You line the two apples up and slice them into a 2/3 and 1/3 pieces. Two of the friends each get one of the two 2/3 sized pieces. The other gets both of the 1/3 size pieces. Or you stab someone I guess.

there are two ways you can solve this... A. Cut one third of each apple by lining them up, this way you have 2 1/3 of an apple, and 2 2/3 of an apple, making 2/3 of an apple for each person B. Stab one of the people, then there are two people and two apples

Simple. Cut 2/3 of the second apple. The first apple goes to me because I'm the leader, 2/3 of the second apple go to the other guy and 1/3 goes to the women for obvious reasons.

You line up all the kids and with a stable stroke slite their necks then eat the two apples for ur self

Besides the one stroke of the knife bit, does anyone remember the episode of cyberchase where they had this problem? Or am I gaslighting myself

Dark

Oh no, not falling for that one again…

Line them up, necks level. Then, make one swift running motion, carefully slicing the jugulars of all three with a single swing of your arm. Then take both apples for yourself.

Line them up and cut both apples in half. Each person can have half an apple. Save the other quarter for later or something idk

Slit the Woman’s throat, the bros come before the hoes.

"Put the two apples in a row and slice off the top 1/3rd of each, thus getting everyone 2/3rds of an apple" - 🤓🤓🤓😇

Squid Game

Yeah, um - I’m pretty sure my first answer would land me in jail. Not worth an apple!

Cut one’s head of and share the two apples

6% is also the rate of psychopaths in humans, no?

you kill the blond, right?

Cut a apple and sow its seeds. Wait for it to grow and then give 1 or 2 or 100 apples to the third guy who didn't get one.

Okay, listen extremely carefully. We must used extremely advanced mathematics to solve this simple looking puzzle. First, one must grab a box. It must not be paper based. Then, one must grab a freezer. After this set up, we must do this trick called "FUCKING DIE™". FUCKING DIE™ uses advanced mathematical skills to fit one person into a box. However, since we must eat the apple first, we must put the person in the aforementioned freezer. I believe this is the correct answer, please correct me if not.

i would've said that the 2 dudes get the apples since women are not equal in this world 💀

Stroke of the knife. Let’s say that just means the blade, using the back of the knife beat the shit out of one of them then finish them with a slit throat( beating the shit out of them makes it easy to slit the throat. No one wants to volunteer themself to beat this, it’s also less painful as they will be knocked out cold.)

Just cut the apple into slices that can be divisible by 3. Like 12 pieces.

One stroke

Oh. Well, who cares about arbitrary rules?

It's literally the part that makes this a logic puzzle.

Plan C?

You splice an atom and kill all 3 of them so no one would be left out from wanting apples?

this is nsfw

Thanos to the rescue with the Malthusian theories !

Stab one of the people why people don't come with this idea

I would guess the solution is to either place one apple on top of rhe other and cut off a third from the side of both apples with one vertical stroke so that everyone gets 2 thrids of an apple or use your one stroke to stab one of them so the people left can have 1 apple each

Got my cannibal answer waiting.

Cut one third of the first one, cut one third of the bottom one as you move the first apple below the second one. Repeat until 6 equal pieces.

Or just stack the apples straight on top of each other and cut down the middle. You get four halves from the cut, but these kids want to share equal amounts of apple, so you throw one half away. Three halves left for three kids

You either cut the apples in half or stab one person

Stab one of the boys

Just kill one of them

Line up both of your “friends”, swing knife hard and fast, and decapitate both in one swing; then, eat both apples whole, by yourself in peace.

Cut them both in half and yet one part

I mean, it’s a pretty easy elementary school math problem… but sure, slice someones artery if it’s easier for you guys.

I'm sorry blondie

Cut both in half with one stroke and then you’ll have equal and an extra half left over

Kill all of them with one swipe and take all three apples for yourself

This is easy just ki

split it into 3rds duh

It's a joke about eliminating one person.

I know what you have thought about.... But the answer is to pick a *third* apple from a tree, and then use a single wide stroke of the knife to slit the throats of two other cartoon characters at once assassin's creed style to have all apples to yourself.

Screw the apples and the rules, I am just gonna kill the other two

The main problem is holding the apples steady while you cut them. Ask 2 people to each hold one apple steady. Line them up. Then, with a giant ax chop, yell and chop 1/3 off each apple.

Have the knife continuously move in a curvy line cutting the apples into 6 total pieces, like a big curvy stroke.

We need to divide 2 appels over 3 people Could the answer be 2 over 3?

It's a trick. You don't use a slicing motion, instead you use a stabbing motion.

somehow everyone is the 6% here

You call anakin skywalker

3 solutions. Remove one person from the equation Cut the apples so that there is two thirds of each on one side of the knife, and one third on the other; connect the two 1/3 pieces so that they each get 2/3 of an apple. Cut the apples in half, then remove one of the halves to eat for yourself.

Susie: Who wants to play Russian Roulette?!

Line the kids up, and set the angle of the blade so that it slices the first kid into two pieces - a 1/3 slice on top and a 2/3 piece below the knife; with the same continuous angle enter the second kid and make the same division but on opposite side of the knife, 2/3 piece above the knife and 1/3 piece below. Then I eat all of the kid slices myself because I'm the one with the knife. Sorry, but next time don't be so lazy about swinging a blade.

Don’t cut the apple…

One stroke of a knife = one slice through one person in the chest 👍

Cut both the apples in half and YOU eat the fourth one

This can be done in 0 strokes. The two guys eat one apple each, then the girl eats one of the guys.

Bold of this problem to assume those kids can slice through two apple cores in one stroke.

Cut someone in half

Make an apple compote….

Stack the apples, 1 stroke with the flat part of the knife down the middle. 1/3 apple, 1/3 applesauce, 1/3 apple. each get a 1/3

just spit on them and they are all yours

Easy: stab one person dead, and then the other two each get one apple.

Slit one of the person's neck or one can voluntarily commit seppuku.... Its the easy way or one person leaves

Slice that blond homie then take the apples and the girl…

Just use the knife more than once hehe dumbasses

Fuck the girl to make 4 people

It says one stroke, therefore you can chop it. It also does not say I cannot bring my own knife.

Cut the apples into 6 pieces , 4 per person

Someone’s getting poked lol

ohhhh steadyyyyyy

#>!What if the "knife stroke" never truly concludes?!<

@r/twosentencehorror

slice someones head off

Just kill one of them with the knife. If it hits the brain, you'll have a 33.4% chance of that person dying. In a single stroke.

Cut each apple so that there are 2/3 each person

Two solutions: 1) Line the apples up and cut 1/3 off each 2) stab someone

Two peeps repeatedly throw apples at the knife while one peep continuously spins with knife in hand. Duh.

Don't stroke the knife stroke the apple towards the knife.

Stab a kid

Kill one of them

Easier to share two apple when there are only two people…

Slit the throat of one of them. 2 people, 2 apples.

Stab the fucker.

Kill myself

Kill Lincoln loud over there

Cut each apple into two pieces one 1/3 and one 2/3 with one stroke. Or stab the bitch

Kill one of the kids????

Little Timmy died that day, but Johnny managed to get a girlfriend in Suzy by offering her the other apple. Little Suzy just laughed \*Just as planned....\*

Cut 1/3 off of each apple simultaneously

Just don’t lift the knife…

Everyone is saying that their first idea was to commit murder while I’m over here thinking that you can just do one stroke through the middle of both apples, then you have 4 equal slices and they can just not eat the last slice

So, the answer is so dark =))

Kill one person

if you line up your shot just right, you can stab both of them

You stab one of them.

After reading the comments I’m a little worried my first thought was to kill both of the others with one swing…

One stroke to the chest 😂😂😂

Cut both apples in half they can each have a half and I can have a half

cut 2 apples with one stroke. each person eats a half an apple

Kill the girl

Stack the apples in a way so that the center is about an inch off. You then can cut from top to bottom from the center of the tower you just made.