Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)
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Author: Robert F. Blitzer
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Chapter 13, Problem 42RE
A country has 100 seats in the congress, divided among the three states according to their respective populations. The table shows each state's population before and after the country’s population increase.
| State | A | B | C | Total |
| Original Population | 143,796 | 41,090 | 15,114 | 200,000 |
| New Population | 143,796 | 41,420 | 15,304 | 200,520 |
a. Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 100 congressional seats using the original population.
b. Find the percent increase, to the nearest tenth of a percent, in the population of state B and state C.
c. Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 100 congressional seats using the new population. Does the population paradox occur?
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A small country with a population of 8,000,000 consists of four states, A, B, C, and D. There are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among the four
states. The population of each state is shown in the table. Use the table to answer parts (a) and (b).
State
A
D
Total
Population
1,987,000
2,155,000
917,000
2,941,000
8,000,000
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a) Determine each state's modified quota using the divisor 49,400.
State
A
В
C
D
Total
Population
1,987,000
2,155,000
917,000
2,941,000
8,000,000
Modified Quota
(Round to the nearest hundredth as needed.)
A hospital has
208
nurses to be apportioned among four shifts: Shifts A, B, C, and D. The hospital decides to apportion the nurses based on the average number of room calls reported during each shift. Room calls are shown in the table below. Use the table to determine each shift's apportionment using Jefferson's method. (Note: Divisors do not have to be whole numbers.)
Shift
A
B
C
D
Total
Room calls
835
1368
494
215
2912
Determine each shift's apportionment using Jefferson's method.
Shift
A
B
C
D
Total
Room calls
835
1368
494
215
2912
Nurses
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