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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 is a division where the smallest piece is 5/12. Is there a better ...

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    • Title: Mathematical Muffin Morsels: Nobody Wants a Small Piece by William Gasarch; Erik Metz; Jacob Prinz; Daniel Smolyak
    • Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
    • Print ISBN: 9789811215179, 9811215170
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    • Edition: 2020
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