Consider a fictional country with a population of 430,665 that is divided into 5 provinces, as shown in the table below. The country's constitution provides for 13 representatives to the lower house of the legislature. These representatives are allocated on the basis of province population. Use the Jefferson Apportionment Plan to find the number of representatives for each province by completing the table. Use modified standard divisor 30,000. Round values in the Quotient column to the nearest hundredth.​   ​

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Consider a fictional country with a population of 430,665 that is divided into 5 provinces, as shown in the table below. The country's constitution provides for 13 representatives to the lower house of the legislature. These representatives are allocated on the basis of province population. Use the Jefferson Apportionment Plan to find the number of representatives for each province by completing the table. Use modified standard divisor 30,000. Round values in the Quotient column to the nearest hundredth.​  

 Province  Population  Quotient  Number of Representatives
 Kennebec 61,229     
 South Bay  38,832     
 North Island 94,721     
 Lakeland  167,386     
 Montbleu 68,497     
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