Suppose that the post office purchases one additional truck. Using Hamiltons method, does the Alabama paradox occur

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Suppose that the post office purchases one additional truck. Using Hamilton’s method, does the Alabama paradox occur if the number of trucks is increased from 10 to 11?


A post office in the city of Riverside has three regions in which to distribute the mail and 10 new mail trucks. The trucks are to be apportioned based on the number of houses in each region, as shown in the table below.

Total Region A Number of houses 1428 1980 2592 6000

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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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