
Math in Our World
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Author: David Sobecki Professor, Allan G. Bluman
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Chapter 13.5, Problem 1TTO
A large company decided to donate 17 computers to West Hills school district. The director of the computer services decided to allot them to the three middle schools based on number of students, using Hamilton’s method. However, when the computers arrived there were actually 18 computers that were then reallocated. Show that in this situation the Alabama paradox occurred.
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