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It’s a long way to Tipperary and the taxi fare for the return journey, there and back, is £45. Two-thirds of the way there, the taxi picks up Mr Pernickety and his large suitcase; it drops them off one-third of the way back. If the suitcase counts as an extra person, what is the fairest way for Mr Pernickety and me to share the fare?

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