tion the twenty seats. OSA, I 29. A small country has four states: A, B, C, and D. The country has to have 200 seats in its legislature. The current population of each state is given in the following table: State A B C D Population 1,400,000 15,675,000 5,400,000 10,250,000 a. Find the standard divisor and round it off to two decimal places. b. Use the Hamilton's method to apportion the 200 seats.
tion the twenty seats. OSA, I 29. A small country has four states: A, B, C, and D. The country has to have 200 seats in its legislature. The current population of each state is given in the following table: State A B C D Population 1,400,000 15,675,000 5,400,000 10,250,000 a. Find the standard divisor and round it off to two decimal places. b. Use the Hamilton's method to apportion the 200 seats.
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29. A small country has four states: A, B, C, and D. The country has to have 200 seats in its
legislature. The current population of each state is given in the following table:
State
A
B
C
D
Population
1,400,000
15,675,000
5,400,000
10,250,000
a. Find the standard divisor and round it off to two decimal places.
b. Use the Hamilton's method to apportion the 200 seats.
H
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29. A small country has four states: A, B, C, and D. The country has to have 200 seats in its
legislature. The current population of each state is given in the following table:
State
A
B
C
D
Population
1,400,000
15,675,000
5,400,000
10,250,000
a. Find the standard divisor and round it off to two decimal places.
b. Use the Hamilton's method to apportion the 200 seats.
H
nities (nonulation in hundred
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