Calculate Money Owed Between A, B & C in Shared Apartment Flat

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In a shared apartment situation, three friends, A, B, and C, each paid one-third of the total cost for household goods. As they prepare to separate, they will draw lots to determine who takes which items. The function f(person1, person2) calculates the amount of money one person owes another based on the value of the items each person takes compared to their initial investment. For example, if A takes half the goods, B takes three-eighths, and C takes one-eighth, A and B will owe money to C to balance their shares. This ensures that all parties settle fairly based on the value of the items they retain.
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I'm a collage student, I rented an apartment flat with my 2 friends. We bought all house things by each of us paying 1/3 of their price.

An now we are to break apart, I decided to make a drawing (like lottery) to decide who take which house hold.

Assume that,
A, B, C: Names of three people
T: Total cost of all household goods
N: Total number of all all household goods
ai: Cost of element of set of the household goods that A takes as a result of the drawing
bi: Cost of element of set of the household goods that B takes as a result of the drawing
ci: Cost of element of set of the household goods that C takes as a result of the drawing
m: Number of household goods that A takes as a result of the drawing
n: Number of household goods that B takes as a result of the drawing
k: Number of household goods that C takes as a result of the drawing

Can you give me the function f defined as,
f(person1, person2): Amount of money that person1 pays to person2
in terms of the parameters listed above.
 
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It only depends on what each person ends up taking, since everyone has already paid 1/3, doesn't it?

So suppose A takes 1/2 of all the goods, B takes 3/8 and C takes 1/8.
Then A will have to deposit (1/2 - 1/3)T in the common bank account and B should pay (3/8 - 1/3)T, while C gets to withdraw (1/3 - 1/8)T.

If you want, you can skip the bank account and settle it directly by making A pay (1/2-1/3)T to C directly, and let B pay (3/8-1/3)T to C.
 
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