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Title: Angela and Ben want to divide fairly the chocolate-strawberry cake shown below. The total cost of ...
Post by: Bob-Dole on May 5, 2020

Angela and Ben want to divide fairly the chocolate-strawberry cake shown below.  The total cost of the cake was $6.00. Angela values strawberry three times as much as she values chocolate, while Ben values chocolate twice as much as he values strawberry.

Which of the following is a fair division of the cake?
◦ Angela gets the strawberry half, Ben gets the chocolate half.
◦ Angela gets the piece shown below, Ben gets the remaining piece.

◦ Angela gets the piece shown below, Ben gets the remaining piece.

◦ Angela gets the chocolate half, Ben gets the strawberry half.
◦ none of these

Title: Angela and Ben want to divide fairly the chocolate-strawberry cake shown below. The total cost of ...
Post by: gstein359 on May 5, 2020

Angela gets the strawberry half, Ben gets the chocolate half.

Title: Re: Angela and Ben want to divide fairly the chocolate-strawberry cake shown below. The total cost o
Post by: Keith Sandwich on Jan 31, 2022

Thank you