Chapter 17.3, Problem 27PS

For the given year, find the standard quotas for the New York City boroughs given in Table $17.5$

in Problems $23-28$. Assume there are eight council seats.

Table $17.5$ Populations of New York Boroughs

$\begin{array}{rrrrrrr}\hfill Year& \hfill Total& \hfill Manhattan& \hfill Bronx& \hfill Brooklyn& \hfill Queens& \hfill \begin{array}{l}Staten\\ Islands\end{array}\\ \hfill 1790& \hfill 49& \hfill 32& \hfill 2& \hfill 5& \hfill 6& \hfill 4\\ \hfill 1800& \hfill 81& \hfill 61& \hfill 2& \hfill 6& \hfill 7& \hfill 5\\ \hfill 1840& \hfill 697& \hfill 516& \hfill 8& \hfill 139& \hfill 19& \hfill 15\\ \hfill 1900& \hfill 3,438& \hfill 1,850& \hfill 201& \hfill 1,167& \hfill 153& \hfill 67\\ \hfill 1940& \hfill 7,454& \hfill 1,890& \hfill 1,395& \hfill 2,698& \hfill 1,297& \hfill 174\\ \hfill 1990& \hfill 7,324& \hfill 1,488& \hfill 1,204& \hfill 2,301& \hfill 1,952& \hfill 379\\ \hfill 2000& \hfill 8,007& \hfill 1,537& \hfill 1,333& \hfill 2,465& \hfill 2,229& \hfill 443\end{array}$

$1990$