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Exercise 9

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 five states, whose populations are listed below. If the legislature has 119 seats, apportion the seats.

ABCDE
810,000473,000292,000594,000211,000

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.1 Apportionment, Exercise 9

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