Mathematical Muffin Morsels: Nobody Wants a Small Piece

by Jacob Prinz, Daniel Smolyak, Erik Metz, et al.

Suppose you have five muffins that you want to divide and give to Alice, Bob, and Carol. You want each of them to get 5/3. You could cut each muffin into 1/3-1/3-1/3 and give each student five 1/3-sized pieces. But Alice objects She has large hands She wants everyone to have pieces larger than 1/3.Is there a way to divide five muffins for three students so that everyone gets 5/3, and all pieces are larger than 1/3? Spoiler alert: Yes In fact, there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811215170
• ISBN13: 9789811215179
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"