Eight Coins for the Surveyor's Lunch
Two farmhands, Anya and Boris, sit down to lunch just as a traveling surveyor asks to join them. Anya has brought flatbreads and Boris ; they pool all , and the three of them eat exactly equal amounts. Afterward the grateful surveyor leaves copper coins to pay for his share. Anya suggests splitting the coins to match what each packed. What division is actually fair — proportional to how much bread each farmhand gave the surveyor?
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