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Subj:.....Cutting Two Equal Pieces (S625)           From the book              "Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd"            Edited by Martin Gardner            From: Dover Publications in 1959   How would you cut this gingerbread dog's head into two pieces of the same shape?  Here is a practical problem in simple division calculated to baffle some of our puzzlists.  You see, Toodles has received the present of a gingerbread dog's head and is told that she must divide it evenly with her little brother.  In her anxiety to be fair and equitable in the matter, she wishes to discover some way to divide the cake into two pieces of equal shape and size. How many of our clever puzzlists can come to her assistance by showing how the dog's head may be divided?

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