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/

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This book is composed of the most interesting problems from a quarter century of regional mathematics competitions for students aged 11-14 in the province of St

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