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Third of rent

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davidv:
We used the following formula for couples back in my crazy roommate days

Rent is split per number of rooms, so a couple would pay 1/2 the rent for both of them
Utilities, since they are consumption based and would go up because of a 3rd person, were split evenly, 3 ways.

It works out quite well.

raoullefere:
That is what I'd think, too, David. OTOH, if a third of the rent was cheaper for Dora than what she was paying for her apartment, I imagine that's what she'd go for. She's too nice.

Surgoshan:
Rent should be paid on the basis of how much space you get.  Of course you get the entirety of your room, but you also get half the common space.  When you start sharing a bedroom, your rent goes down because now you only get half the bedroom, but your roommate's rent goes down because instead of having half the common space, party of the second now only has a third the common space.  But it doesn't go down as much because numba two still has his whole bedroom.

Then there's the size of the bedroom and the amount of closet space to consider...

Binary:
OK, this is getting complicated - I think we're getting to the point where we need Randall Munroe to draw some humorous cost/benefit graphs.

Carl-E:
Yes!  This is definitely XKCD material.  I have a Ph.D. in mathematics, and it's getting too complicated for me...

Well, actually, I just don't care enough.  I own a house. 

OK, the bank owns it until I pay them off...

but rent just ain't an issue! 

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