Exam 14: Apportionment

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 district population for each region based on this apportionment. Region Population North 8700 South 5600 East 7200 West 3500

Use the following information to answer the Questions: 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 quota for state B?

Explain the population paradox.

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 1 164 2 560 3 328 Use the Webster method to determine how many food servers should be scheduled for each shift.

A county has three districts with the populations shown below. The 11 seats on the county council are to be apportioned using the d'Hondt method. After District A receives its second seat, what is its priority number? District Population A 43,000 B 32,800 C 24,200

Use the following information to answer the Questions: 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 Jefferson's method?

Given the cities and the populations below, use the Hill-Huntington method of apportionment to distribute 25 seats on a regional board. City Population Greenville 34,569 Riverdale 27,943 Oceanside 21,350 Parkview 16,138

Find the percentage difference of 12 and 17.

The d'Hondt method always leads to the same apportionment as Jefferson's method.

Given three states with the populations shown below, and a national senate with 10 seats, use the Hill-Huntington method of apportionment to distribute the seats to the states. State Population Apathy 69,000 Bliss 43,500 Confusion 37,500

A country has three states and a national senate with 10 seats. The state populations and the apportionment of the senate seats are shown below. Find the relative difference in representative shares of states A and B. State Population Seats A 69,000 5 B 43,500 3 C 37,500 2

A country has three states and a national senate with 10 seats. The state populations and the apportionment of the senate seats are shown below. Find the difference in representative shares of states A and B. State Population Seats A 69,000 5 B 43,500 3 C 37,500 2

Round the following to whole percentages using the Jefferson method: 6.5% + 38.1% + 1.2% + 17.0% + 12.5% + 24.7% = 100%

Use the method of Hamilton to round each of the numbers in the sum 2.50 + 1.65 + 0.54 + 1.63 + 3.68 = 10 to a whole number, preserving the total of 10.

Explain the new state paradox.

Given the cities and the populations below, use the Webster method of apportionment to distribute 25 seats on a regional board. City Population Greenville 34,569 Riverdale 27,943 Oceanside 21,350 Parkview 16,138

What is the Hill-Huntington rounding of 6.475?

Given the cities and the populations below, use the Jefferson method of apportionment to distribute 25 seats on a regional board. City Population Greenville 34,569 Riverdale 27,943 Oceanside 21,350 Parkview 16,138

Use the following information to answer the Questions: A city is divided into three regions for distributing the 20 representatives on a public utility board. The regions and their populations are shown below. West 18,600 Middle 12,900 East 15,200 -Use the Hamilton method of apportionment to distribute representatives.

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: Shitt Average number of customers 1 235 2 610 3 453 Use the Jefferson method to determine how many food servers should be scheduled for each shift.