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 1990 Hawaii decided to create a commission to study the use of natural resources. Further, the state decided that there would be a representative for approximately every 25,000 people, and that the representative seats would be apportioned to the five counties using Lowndes’ method.

a. How many representatives were needed? Round to the nearest whole number.

b. What was the standard divisor and standard quota for each county in 1990?

c. List the relative fractional parts for each county.

d. How were the representative seats apportioned?