A country with three states has 60 seats in the legislature. The population of each state is

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A country with three states has 60 seats in the legislature. The population of each state is shown in the table below.

a) Apportion the seats using Hamilton’s method.

b) Suppose that a fourth state with the population shown in the table below is added, with five additional seats. Does the new-states paradox occur using Hamilton’s method?

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A Survey Of Mathematics With Applications

ISBN: 9780135740460

11th Edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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