(a) Determine each states modified quota using the divisor 49,900. (b) Determine each states apportionment using Websters...

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(a) Determine each state’s modified quota using the divisor 49,900. 

(b) Determine each state’s apportionment using Webster’s method.


When appropriate round quotas to the nearest hundredth. Suppose that Turtlestan is a small country with a population of 8,000,000 that consists of four states, A, B, C, and D. There are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among the four states. The population of each state is shown in the table below.

Total State A B D Population 1,345,000 2,855,000 982,000 2,818,000 8,000,000

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

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

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