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Divide a square into several triangles in such a way that every triangle shares a boundary with exactly three other triangles.

Abigail’s little brother Carson found a big rectangular cake in the fridge and cut a small rectangular piece out of it.
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Now Abigail needs to find a way to cut the remaining cake into two pieces of equal area with only one straight cut. How could she do that? The removed piece can be of any size or orientation.