You complain to the manager, who explains that she really cannot hire any more checkout clerks, but would be glad to modify the way lines are managed to minimize the time people wait for checkout. Or perhaps a single line could feed two or three checkout lanes. A city that is served by two different ambulance companies is being sued because of delays in response to 911 emergency calls. City logs record the day, date, time of call and response time for each 911 call. Dividing Assets .
Negotiators often have to find a fair way to divide assets among individuals with competing claims.
This is not so easy, and not only because the competing individuals may be uncooperative. Your grandfather died and left a piece of undeveloped and somewhat hilly land to be divided equally between you and your brother. Explain how one would locate the lines on the ground from the map that you have prepared.