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At the weekly farmers market in Atlanta, Sean, a local corn farmer, brings a truckload of fresh corn and sells it at a booth. It is more efficient for Sean to produce a large quantity of corn, but most buyers at the farmers market want to buy three or four ears at a time. Customers at a farmers' market buy a small quantity of a variety of fresh goods. Sean has to divide his truckload of corn into smaller quantities, a process known as _______