A Country Has Three States and a National Senate with 10

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. $$\begin{array} { c c c } \text { State } & \text { Population } & \text { Seats } \\\text { A } & 69,000 & 5 \\\text { B } & 43,500 & 3 \\\text { C } & 37,500 & 2\end{array}$$

A) 66.7%
B) 4.83%
C) 5.07%
D) 6.70%

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