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11.4 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

As in earlier examples, suppose that the Hawaii State Department of Education has a budget for 616 schools and is doing a research study to determine the equitable number of schools to have in each of the five counties based on the residents under the age of 19. Use the data in the following table and the Adams method to apportion the schools to the counties.

Hawaii Honolulu Kalawao Kauai Maui Total
Residents under Age 19 46,310 224,230 20 16,560 38,450 325,570

OpenStax Contemporary Mathematics, 11.4 Apportionment Methods, exercise 15

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