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TEKS: Chapter 111. Mathematics See All Teacher Resources

111.46.c.5

(5) Fair division. The student applies the adjusted winner procedure and Knaster inheritance procedure to real-world situations. The student is expected to:

  • (A) use the adjusted winner procedure to determine a fair allocation of property;
  • (B) use the adjusted winner procedure to resolve a dispute;
  • (C) explain how to reach a fair division using the Knaster inheritance procedure;
  • (D) solve fair division problems with three or more players using the Knaster inheritance procedure;
  • (E) explain the conditions under which the trimming procedure can be applied to indivisible goods;
  • (F) identify situations appropriate for the techniques of fair division;
  • (G) compare the advantages of the divider and the chooser in the divider-chooser method;
  • (H) discuss the rules and strategies of the divider-chooser method;
  • (I) resolve cake-division problems for three players using the last-diminisher method;
  • (J) analyze the relative importance of the three desirable properties of fair division: equitability, envy-freeness, and Pareto optimality; and
  • (K) identify fair division procedures that exhibit envy-freeness.