The board of trustees of a college has recently approved the installation of 70 new emergency blue lights in three parking lots. The number of lights in each lot will be proportionate to the size of the parking lot, which is to be measured in acres. The total number of acres is 34; so the standard divisor is . The standard quota for each lot is listed in the table below. Use this information to answer each question.
| Lot | Acres | Lot’s Standard Quota |
| A | 15 | emergency blue lights |
| B | 9 | emergency blue lights |
| C | 10 | emergency blue lights |
- Use traditional rounding to determine the number of lights assigned to each lot.
- Find the sum of the values from part 1.
- Does the sum found in part 2 equal the number of lights available?
OpenStax Contemporary Mathematics, 11.4 Apportionment Methods, exercise 1