Consider a country with a 6 states and 40 seats in the House of Representatives with populations distributed as follows. Population STATE A 58,805 STATE B 32,780 STATE C 109,111 STATE D 78,900 STATE E 67,430 STATE F 44,862 TOTAL 391,888 Determine the apportionment of 40 seats to the 6 states using the Hamilton and Jefferson methods.

Consider a country with a 6 states and 40 seats in the House of Representatives with populations distributed as follows. Population STATE A 58,805 STATE B 32,780 STATE C 109,111 STATE D 78,900 STATE E 67,430 STATE F 44,862 TOTAL 391,888 Determine the apportionment of 40 seats to the 6 states using the Hamilton and Jefferson methods.

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Consider a country with a 6 states and 40 seats in the House of Representatives with populations distributed as follows.

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STATE A 58,805

STATE B 32,780

STATE C 109,111

STATE D 78,900

STATE E 67,430

STATE F 44,862

TOTAL 391,888

Determine the apportionment of 40 seats to the 6 states using the Hamilton and Jefferson methods.

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