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A county is divided into three districts with the populations shown below. There are 10 seats on the county council that need to be apportioned. Find the quota for the Applewood district. District Population Applewood 8280 Boxwood 4600 Central 5220
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Use the Hamilton method of apportionment to distribute 15 representatives to the three states with the populations shown below. State Population A 253,000 B 182,000 C 85,000
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Among all divisor methods, which method shows no bias with regard to state population?
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A county has three districts with the populations shown below. The 11 seats on the county council are to be apportioned using the Webster method. Find the tentative apportionment for district A. District Population A 43,000 B 32,800 C 24,200
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For a certain group of people, the highest and lowest heights are 74 inches and 63 inches, respectively. Find the percentage difference.
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A senate of 20 faculty members represents three departments: math, statistics, and applied math. The seats are to be apportioned according to the numbers of students in each department, which are as follows: Math 97 Statistics 83 Applied math 134
-What apportionment is produced by Webster's method?
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A city is divided into four regions for distributing the 20 representatives on a public utility board. The regions and their populations are shown below. The board uses the Hamilton method of apportionment to distribute seats. Find the representative share for each region based on this apportionment. Region Population North 8700 South 5600 East 7200 West 3500
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The Hamilton method of apportionment always satisfies what is called the "quota condition." What does this mean?
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A small county has populations in three districts as shown below. They have apportioned 15 seats on the county council and obtained the apportionment for each district shown. Find the difference in representative share between the Parkview and Hillside districts. District Population Apportionment Parkview 43,000 6 Hillside 32,800 5 Riverdale 24,200 4
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Three states have the following populations: 10,040 8000 2050 A house of representatives with 17 members is to be apportioned among these states.
-What is the tentative apportionment for state C using Webster's method?
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The Jefferson method of apportionment can display the Alabama paradox.
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Use the Jefferson method of apportionment to distribute 12 seats on a city council to three districts with the populations shown below. District Population North 30,000 Central 10,100 South 34,900
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The Jefferson method of apportionment can display the population paradox.
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What is the Hill-Huntington rounding point of 6.475? Use four decimal places.
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The manager of a busy restaurant is working on a schedule for the restaurant's 25 food servers. There are three shifts, as identified below: Shift Average number of customers 1 122 2 451 3 674 Use the Hamilton method to determine how many food servers should be scheduled for each shift.
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A country has four states with the populations shown below. The House of Representatives is to have 15 members, apportioned by the Hill-Huntington method. Find the tentative apportionment for district C. State Population A 52,600 B 39,900 C 34,000 D 23,500
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A country has three states with the populations shown below. The House of Representatives for the country is to have 15 members. Find the representative share for each state if the country uses the Jefferson method of apportionment. State Population A 245,000 B 320,000 C 155,000
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A state has a population of 24,000 and holds three of 28 seats in a parliament. What is the district population of the state?
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A country has four states with the populations shown below. The House of Representatives is to have 15 members. Use the Hill-Huntington method of apportionment to find the number of seats for each state. State Population A 52,600 B 39,900 C 34,000 D 23,500
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Thirty patrol cars are to be apportioned to three precincts according to the monthly crime totals, which are as follows:
I 94 II 130 III 108
-Use the Webster's method to determine how many cars should go to each precinct.
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