Determine each states apportionment using Hamiltons method. When appropriate round quotas to the nearest hundredth. Suppose that

Question:

Determine each state’s apportionment using Hamilton’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