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3. You and someone else wish to divide a $12 foot-long sub sandwich using the Divider-Chooser Method. The sub is half vegetarian and half meatball (see the figure below). Suppose that you are the divider, and you prefer meatball three times as much as vegetarian. MEATBALL VEGETARIAN inches (a) (2 points) If you can only make one vertical cut (perpendicular to the length of the sub) to split the sub into two pieces, where must you cut to ensure yourself a fair share?

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          3. You and someone else wish to divide a $12 foot-long sub sandwich using the Divider-Chooser Method. The sub is half vegetarian and half meatball (see the figure below). Suppose that you are the divider, and you prefer meatball three times as much as vegetarian.
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(a) (2 points) If you can only make one vertical cut (perpendicular to the length of the sub) to split the sub into two pieces, where must you cut to ensure yourself a fair share?

3 you and someone else wish to divide a 12 foot long sub sandwich using the divider chooser method the sub is half vegetarian and half meatball see the figure below suppose that you are the 28236

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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03/11/2023

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Step 1: Since you prefer meatball three times as much as vegetarian, you want to ensure that you get 3/4 of the sub sandwich (9 inches) and the other person gets 1/4 of the sub sandwich (3 inches). Show more…

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3. You and someone else wish to divide a $12 foot-long sub sandwich using the Divider-Chooser Method. The sub is half vegetarian and half meatball (see the figure below). Suppose that you are the divider, and you prefer meatball three times as much as vegetarian. MEATBALL VEGETARIAN inches (a) (2 points) If you can only make one vertical cut (perpendicular to the length of the sub) to split the sub into two pieces, where must you cut to ensure yourself a fair share?