A large chain store needs to assign 11 buyers to its five stores. The standard divisor is 29.7 and the
Number of employees and standard quota for each store are shown below. (a)Determine how many
Buyers each store should receive using Jefferson's method and (b)indicate the modified divisor used
(answers may vary). Round the divisor to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

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To use Jefferson's method, we need to first calculate the total number of employees needed by multiplying the standard divisor (29.7) by the number of buyers (11), which gives us 326.7. Then, we allocate the number of employees to each store based on the standard quota and round up to the nearest whole number.

- Store 1: 0.22 x 326.7 = 71.874 → 72 employees
- Store 2: 0.18 x 326.7 = 58.806 → 59 employees
- Store 3: 0.26 x 326.7 = 84.942 → 85 employees
- Store 4: 0.16 x 326.7 = 52.272 → 53 employees
- Store 5: 0.18 x 326.7 = 58.806 → 59 employees

The total number of employees adds up to 327 (1 more than needed), so we allocate the extra employee to Store 1, which gives us:

- Store 1: 72 + 1 = 73 buyers
- Store 2: 59 buyers
- Store 3: 85 buyers
- Store 4: 53 buyers
- Store 5: 59 buyers

The modified divisor used is not given in the question, so we cannot determine the answer for part (b).

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