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Exercise 17

Avg difficulty 2.5

In each fictional country in problems 15-18, use the rules of the U.S. government to complete the table and determine the following:

  1. The state that has the most electoral power

  2. The state that has the least electoral power

In this country from problem 9, there is one representative for every 40,000 residents.

StatePopulationNumber
of
Representatives		Number
of
Senators		Number
of
Electors		Electoral
Votes per
50,000 people
Tamez280,000
Teters200,000
Herrington400,000
Osawa360,000

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.3 The Popular Vote, Electoral College and Electoral Power, Exercise 17

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