A large company with offices in four cities must distribute 144 new ergonomic chairs to the four

Question:

A large company with offices in four cities must distribute 144 new ergonomic chairs to the four offices. The chairs will be apportioned based on the number of employees in each office as shown in the table below.

A large company with offices in four cities must distribute

Office Total 2592 A B D Employees 739 277 958 618

(a) Apportion the chairs using Hamilton’s method. 

(b) Does the Alabama paradox occur using Hamilton’s method if the number of new chairs is increased from 144 to 145? Explain your answer.


When appropriate, round quotas and divisors to the nearest hundredth.

Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

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

Question Posted: