Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Richard D. Nation, Daniel K. Clegg
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 19ES
Management Scientific Research Corporation has offices in Boston and Chicago. The number of employees at each office is shown in the following table. There are 22 vice presidents to be apportioned between the offices.
a. Use the Hamilton method to find each office’s apportionment of vice presidents.
b. The corporation opens an additional office in San Francisco with 135 employees and decides to have a total of 24 vice presidents. If the vice presidents are reapportioned using the Hamilton method, will the new states paradox occur? Explain.
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