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Social Science In our system of government, the president is elected by the electoral coll...

Social ScienceIn our system of government, the president is elected by the electoral college and not by individual voters. Because of this, smaller states have a greater voice in the selection of a president than they otherwise would have. Two political scientists have studied the problems of campaigning for president under the current system and have concluded that candidates should allot their money according to the formula

Here, Elargerepresents the electoral vote of the large state, and Esmallrepresents the electoral vote of the small state. Find the amount that should be spent in each of the following larger states if $1,000,000 is spent in the small stale and the following statements are true.

Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes, and Texas has 34.

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