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In the controversial election of 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes ran against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. Tilden won the popular vote with 4,300,590 votes, whereas Hayes received 4,036,298 votes. Rutherford B. Hayes became president according to an unconstitutional apportionment of votes.
If the population of one state was 4,383,359 and the total population was 48,115,641, find the state quota if the House size was 289. Any state with a remainder above 0.438464 would be given an additional representative. Should the state have received an additional representative?
The state quota was ?
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