Chapter 4, Problem 23E

Find the apportionment under Jefferson's method of the Bandana Republic Congress described in Exercise 1. (Hint: Look for suitable divisors in the interval 49, 250 to 49, 500.)

1. The Bandana Republic is a small country consisting of four states: Apure (population 3, 310, 000), Barinas (population 2, 670, 000), Carabobo (population 1, 330, 000 ), and Dolores (population 690, 000). Suppose that there are $M=160$ seats in the Bandana Congress, to be apportioned among the four states based on their respective populations.