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The state of Delaware is divided into three counties: Kent, New Castle, and Sussex. The...

The state of Delaware is divided into three counties: Kent, New Castle, and Sussex. The population totals for each county in the years 2001 and 2002 and the area of each county are given in the following table.

Suppose the 2002 state budget allowed for 354 state police officers.

a. How would the police officers have been apportioned to each county using Hamilton’s method if apportionment was done according to population totals?

b. How would the police officers have been apportioned to each county using Hamilton’s method if apportionment was done according to county area?

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