Consider the desired number of seats and the populations given below. 12 seats Population 1st Precinct 33,000 25,000 2nd Precinct 3rd Precinct 12,000 4th Precinct 49,000 TOTAL 119,000 (a) Find the standard divisor. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (b) Find the standard quota for each precinct. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) 1st Precinct 2nd Precinct 3rd Precinct 4th Precinct (c) Find the total of the standard quotas, rounding the standard quotas down. (d) Find a modified divisor that will give modified quotas to produce the desired number of seats when the standard quotas are rounded down.

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Consider the desired number of seats and the populations given below.
12 seats
Population
1st Precinct
33,000
25,000
2nd Precinct
3rd Precinct
12,000
4th Precinct
49,000
TOTAL
119,000
(a) Find the standard divisor. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
(b) Find the standard quota for each precinct. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
1st Precinct
2nd Precinct
3rd Precinct
4th Precinct
(c) Find the total of the standard quotas, rounding the standard quotas down.
(d) Find a modified divisor that will give modified quotas to produce the desired number of seats when the standard quotas are rounded down.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the desired number of seats and the populations given below. 12 seats Population 1st Precinct 33,000 25,000 2nd Precinct 3rd Precinct 12,000 4th Precinct 49,000 TOTAL 119,000 (a) Find the standard divisor. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (b) Find the standard quota for each precinct. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) 1st Precinct 2nd Precinct 3rd Precinct 4th Precinct (c) Find the total of the standard quotas, rounding the standard quotas down. (d) Find a modified divisor that will give modified quotas to produce the desired number of seats when the standard quotas are rounded down.
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