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Transcribed Image Text:20. Using divisibility tests, answer each of the following:
a. There are 1379 children signed up to play in a baseball
league. If exactly 9 players are to be placed on each
team, will any team be short of players?
b. There are 261 students to be assigned to 3 middle school
teams so that each team has the same number of
students. Is this possible?
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