Explanation Given: The state has 10 representatives, a population of 10 million with party affiliations as 50% Republican and 50% Democrat. Calculation: If the district boundaries are drawn randomly, then voter distribution should influence the house representation i.e. It is most likely for Republicans to represent 10 × 50% = 5 House seats And Democrats to represent 10 × 50% = 5 House seats. As the voters are evenly distributed between Republican and Democrat, it is impossible for any of them to win all the districts by any kind of gerrymandering. If the entire population of 10 million is divided equally into 10 districts then each district will have (10/10) = 1 million people. If one district is filled with all 1 million Democrats, we will be left with 5 – 1 = 4 million Democrats and 5 million Republicans. If each of the remaining 15 district population is divided in that ratio i...

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a. What would be the most likely distribution of House seats if districts were drawn randomly

b. What would be the maximum and minimum number of Republican representatives who could be sent to Congress if the districts could be drawn without restriction (unlimited gerrymandering).

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