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Exercise 17

Avg difficulty 2.5

A state with five counties has 50 seats in their legislature. Using Hamilton's method, apportion the seats based on the 2010 census, then again using the 2020 census. Explain what happened in 2020 apportionment. Do you think it is fair?

County2000 Population2010 Population
Douglass60,00060,000
Parks31,20031,200
King69,20072,400
Du Bois81,60081,600
Lewis118,000118,400

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.1 Apportionment, Exercise 17

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