I don't think the little grandson will want to play this game again.
After all he did come with 3 cans which is 1 can less than half the
total.
Let's see if the sum can be made fairer.
We can exclude the old man from the equation as he contributed nothing
but only consumed.
If half the total cans is 4 cans :
The girl gave 5-4 cans = 1 can more than half.
The boy gave 3-4 cans = -1 can (less than half)
40 p is half . The girl should get 50p and the boy should get 30p.
To me that's logically fairer.
But if it were a fest and nobody knew anyone else, I guess the consumption factor would have to be included.
Oh I don't know. It just doesn't seem fair!
regards
[ November 28, 2003: Message edited by: HS Thomas ]