The Air Force administration wants to distribute 27 aircrafts across six bases based on the number of qualified pilots stationed at those bases. The standard quotas for each base are listed in the table below. Use this information to answer the question

1. Give the lower quota for each Air Force base.
2. Find the sum of the lower quotas. By how much does this sum fall short of the actual number of aircraft?

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Base Standard Quota (A) Alpha 13 2.2963 5.66 aircraft (B) Bravo 12 2.2963 5.23 aircraft (C) Charlie 5 2.2963 2.18 aircraft (D) Delta 16 2.2963 6.97 aircraft (E) Echo 7 2.2963 = 3.05 aircraft (F) Foxtrot 3.92 aircraft 2.2963