A small country has 24 in the congress, divided among the three states according to their respective populations. The table shows each state's population, inthousands, before and after the country's population increase.StateABTotalOriginal Population (inthousands)New Population (in thousands)2654951120188034062512852250a) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the original population.StateOriginal Population (in thousands)ATotal26549511201880Number of Congressional Seats461424(Type integers or decimals.)b) Find the percent increase, to the nearest tenth of a percent in the population of each state.StateOriginal PopulationNew PopulationABTotal2654951120188034062512852250Percent Increase inPopulation(Type integers or decimals rounded to one decimal place as needed.)28.3 %26.3 %14.7 %c) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the new population.StateNew Population (in thousands)ABTotal34062512852250Number of Congressional Seats24(Type integers or decimals.)

The congressional seats apportioned for each state are given below.

c) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the new population. A State New Population (in thousands) в Total 340 625 1285 2250 Number of Congressional Seats 24 (Type integers or decimals.)

c) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the new population. A State New Population (in thousands) в Total 340 625 1285 2250 Number of Congressional Seats 24 (Type integers or decimals.)

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A small country has 24 in the congress, divided among the three states according to their respective populations. The table shows each state's population, in
thousands, before and after the country's population increase.
State
A
B
Total
Original Population (in
thousands)
New Population (in thousands)
265
495
1120
1880
340
625
1285
2250
a) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the original population.
State
Original Population (in thousands)
A
Total
265
495
1120
1880
Number of Congressional Seats
4
6
14
24
(Type integers or decimals.)
b) Find the percent increase, to the nearest tenth of a percent in the population of each state.
State
Original Population
New Population
A
B
Total
265
495
1120
1880
340
625
1285
2250
Percent Increase in
Population
(Type integers or decimals rounded to one decimal place as needed.)
28.3 %
26.3 %
14.7 %
c) Use Hamilton's method to apportion the 24 congressional seats using the new population.
State
New Population (in thousands)
A
B
Total
340
625
1285
2250
Number of Congressional Seats
24
(Type integers or decimals.)

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