A Department Store Is Hiring 11 New Sales Associates and Needs

A department store is hiring 11 new sales associates and needs to assign them to four departments according to the volume of sales in dollars. The daily sales in dollars are given below. (a) Use the Huntington-Hill method to decide how many associates each department should receive and (b) write the (standard or modified) divisor used (answers may vary). Round divisor to the nearest whole number.
$\begin{array}{l|ccccc}\text { Department } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Sales } & 5,357 & 4,705 & 4,476 & 6,244 & 20,782\end{array}$

A) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|cccc}\text { Department } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Associates } & 3 & 3 & 2 & 3\end{array}$

(b) 1,889

B) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|cccc}\text { Department } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Associates } & 3 & 3 & 2 & 3\end{array}$

(b) 1,889

C) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|cccc}\text { Department } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Associates } & 3 & 3 & 2 & 3\end{array}$

(b) 1,899

D) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|cccc}\text { Department } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Associates } & 3 & 3 & 2 & 3\end{array}$

(b) 1,899