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Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

In exercises 1-14, determine the apportionment using

  1. Hamilton's Method

  2. Jefferson's Method

  3. Webster's Method

  4. Huntington-Hill Method

A small country consists of four states, whose populations are listed below. If the legislature has 116 seats, apportion the seats.

ABCD
33,700559,500141,30089,100

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.1 Apportionment, Exercise 7

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