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In Exercises 1-6, use the Hamilton apportionment method to make the assignment.
Apportionment a water authority. Assume that California, Arizona, and Nevada are cooperating to build a dam to provide water to communicates cuurently lacking adequate water supplies. Seats on the 11-member Southwest Water Authority, which governs the project are assigned according to the number of customers in each state who use the water from the project. There are 56,000 customers in California, 52,000 in Arizona, and 41,000 in Nevada. Assign the seats in this authority.
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