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Three players (one divider and two choosers) are going to divide a cake fairly using the lone divider method. The divider cuts the cake into three slices (s1, s2, and s3).

Suppose the choosers value the slices as follows:




Which of the following is a fair division of the cake?
◦ Chooser 1 gets s1; Chooser 2 gets s2; Divider gets s3.
◦ Divider 1 gets s1; Choosers 1 and 2 divide s2 + s3 using the divider-chooser method.
◦ Divider 1 gets s2; Choosers 1 and 2 divide s1 + s3 using the divider-chooser method.
◦ Chooser 1 gets s2; Chooser 2 gets s3; Divider gets s1.
◦ none of these


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Divider 1 gets s1; Choosers 1 and 2 divide s2 + s3 using the divider-chooser method.



 

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