Chapter 4, Problem 18E

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 ( $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ for short). There are $125$ seats in the Margarita Congress, which are apportioned among the islands according to their populations. $\underset{\_}{\text{Table }4-28}$ gives the island populations as percentages of the total population of Margarita:

Table 4-28

Island	A	B	C	D
Population Percentage	$6.24$	$26.16$	$28.48$	$39.12$

a. Find the standard divisor (expressed as a percent of the total population).

b. Find the standard quota for each island.