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Bob and Sasha wonder

whe ther we’ve been taking
the right approach...

From: Sasha
To: You and Bob
Subject: A question of fairness
Hey you two,
You know, I’ve been thinking about how we’re
splitting up the checks and all.
It seems like splitting them evenly would work
well only if we all spent about the same. But
there are a number of times when I know I spent
more than either of you, so if we split those
checks three ways, you’d really be paying for me.
Since we really do want to be fair, shouldn’t we
split up the restaurant bills item by item, so that
we each only pay for exactly what we ordered?
—S
From: Bob
To: You and Sasha
Subject: Re: A question of fairnes
s
Amigos,
I hear what you’re saying, Sasha.
It
does seem fair. But splitting the
checks
evenly three ways is certainly
an easier
calculation. I wouldn’t be able
to crunch
those numbers in Excel.
But then again it appears we hav
e some
sort of spreadsheet whiz as a trav
elling
companion. Maybe they can wor
k some
magic and sort everything out
as precisely
as you want. Ya think?
The Bobster
How would you
go about splitting
up all the bills?
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