Cynthia’s daughter Harper has invited Wilder and Emerson overfor a playdate. They love to play with Harper’s large collection ofplastic horses and will begin by deciding who gets the KidKraftDeluxe Horse Stable, who gets the Playmobil Horse Farm, and whogets the Breyer Wood Corral. Once they have homes for them, theywill need to divide Harper’s large collection of 40 plastichorses.

Of course, at some point they will probably need to stop for asnack. Cynthia’s mom knows they all like pizza, though she recallsthat not all of them enjoy the same toppings. Write a shortanswer describing how Cynthia can use this playdate as a wayto teach the children about fair division. As Cynthia, walk thechildren through each method needed to divide the stables,horses, and pizza. (You do not actually need to complete eachmethod in its entirety – just describe how it would be done.) Whatare some pros and cons of each of the methods? What are the dangersof using these each of these methods in this particular scenario?What are the benefits?

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Cynthia can use this playdate as a way to teach the children about fair division by introducing them to different methods of fair division for the hor... View the full answer