Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
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Chapter 4, Problem 49E
A country consists of six states, with the state’s populations given in Table 4-38. The number of seats to be apportioned is
Table 4-38
| State | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| Population | 344,970 | 408,700 | 219,200 | 587,210 | 154,920 | 285,000 |
a. Find the apportionment under Webster’s method.
b. Find the apportionment under the Huntington-Hill method.
c. Compare the apportionments found in (a) and (b).
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