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While visiting the coast, a mother buys a bag of salt-water taffy for her four children....

While visiting the coast, a mother buys a bag of salt-water taffy for her four children. The bag contains 96 pieces of taffy. The mother decides to apportion the taffy according to the ages of the children: 4, 7, 9, and 12 years.

a. What division will the mother perform to calculate the standard divisor? Determine the standard divisor and state its meaning.

b. Find and interpret each child’s standard quota.

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