Explanation
Mrs Sogiba has baked 48 cupcakes and each child will receive exactly the same number of cupcakes.
[tex]Factors\text{ of 48 = }1,2,4,6,8,12,24,48[/tex]Recall composite factors are factors of a number that are not prime. Therefore the composite factors from the above are;
[tex]\text{Composite factors = }48,24,12,8,6,4[/tex]If we subtract 1 from the composite factors, the possible values becomes
[tex]\text{Values}=\text{ 47,23,11,7,5,3}[/tex]From the above, we can have
[tex]\begin{gathered} Friends=3\times4=12 \\ numberofcupcakes=12\times4=48 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore,
Answer: Age of son can be 3 Years