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Chapter 4, Problem 62

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Exercises 61 and 62 are based on the following story: Mom found an open box of her childrens favorite candy bars. She decides to apportion the candy bars among her three youngest children according to the number of minutes each child spent doing homework during the week.a) Suppose that there were 10 candy bars in the box. Giventhat Bob did homework for a total of 54 minutes, Peterdid homework for a total of 243 minutes, and Ron didhomework for a total of 703 minutes, apportion the 10candy bars among the children using Hamiltons method.(b) Suppose that just before she hands out the candy bars,mom finds one extra candy bar. Using the same totalminutes as in (a), apportion now the 11 candy barsamong the children using Hamiltons method.(c) The results of (a) and (b) illustrate one of the paradoxesof Hamiltons method. Which one? Explain.