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A dessert is made up of 8 ounces of apple pie and 4 ounces of whipped cream. Rena prefer...

A dessert is made up of 8 ounces of apple pie and 4 ounces of whipped cream. Rena prefers apple pie to whipped cream in a 4-to-1 ratio. Suppose that Rena will use points to assign value to portions of the dessert.

a. How many points might Rena assign to each ounce of apple pie?

b. How many points might Rena assign to each ounce of whipped cream?

c. What is the total point value Rena would assign to the dessert?

d. Give two different divisions of the dessert that Rena would consider to be fair.

e. Rena’s friend Judy prefers apple pie to whipped cream in a 2-to-1 ratio. For each of the divisions from part (d), decide which portion Judy would select and why.

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