A city has 204 police officers to be apportioned among 4 precincts based on the population of each precinct. The populations are given in the following table.   Precinct   1 2 3 4 Population   3462 7470 4265 5300   Does the Alabama paradox occur using​ Hamilton's method if the number of police officers is increased from 204 to​ 205?   Yes

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A city has 204 police officers to be apportioned among 4 precincts based on the population of each precinct. The populations are given in the following table.
 
Precinct   1 2 3 4
Population   3462 7470 4265 5300
 
Does the Alabama paradox occur using​ Hamilton's method if the number of police officers is increased from 204 to​ 205?
 
Yes
 
No
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