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Find the apportionment under Hamilton’s method of the Margarita Congress described in Exercise 10.
10. The small island nation of Margarita is made up of four islands: Aleta, Bonita, Corona, and Doritos (
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a. Find the standard divisor (expressed as a percent of the total population).
b. Find the standard quota for each island.
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