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11.4 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

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 19 years old, This data is provided in the table below. Using the Hamilton method, calculate how many schools would be funded in each state.

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

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