The following table gives the populations for the five counties of Hawaii in 1990 and in...

The following table gives the populations for the five counties of Hawaii in 1990 and in 2000.

Suppose that in the year 2000 the representative seats needed to be reapportioned because of changes in the population. It was decided that one seat would represent approximately every 25,000 people, and that the representative seats would be apportioned using Lowndes’ method.

a. How many representatives were required in 2000? Round to the nearest whole number.

b. What was the standard divisor and standard quota for each county in 2000?

c. List the relative fractional parts for each county.

d. How were the representative seats apportioned?