Chapter 17.3, Problem 43PS

To determine

Hamilton’s apportionment plan assuming that there must be $10$ representatives and each council member is to represent approximately $2,500$ citizens for the following apportionment problem for College Town.

$\begin{array}{|cc|}\hline \text{District}& \text{Population}\\ \text{North}& 8,700\\ \text{South}& 5,600\\ \text{East}& 7,200\\ \text{West}& 3,500\\ \hline\end{array}$