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A bowl contains 5 ounces of vanilla and 2 ounces of chocolate ice cream. Jeanne prefers...

A bowl contains 5 ounces of vanilla and 2 ounces of chocolate ice cream. Jeanne prefers vanilla ice cream to chocolate ice cream in a 2-to-1 ratio. Suppose that Jeanne will use points to assign value to portions of the ice cream.

a. How many points might Jeanne assign to each ounce of vanilla ice cream?

b. How many points might Jeanne assign to each ounce of chocolate ice cream?

c. What is the total point value Jeanne would assign to the bowl of ice cream?

d. Give two different divisions of the ice cream that Jeanne would consider to be fair.

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