Chapter 4, Problem 65E

The small island nation of Margarita consists of four islands: Aleta, Bonita, Corona, and Doritos. The number of seats to be apportioned is $\text{M}=100$. The population of each island is given in Table 4-40.

Table 4-40

State	A	B	C	D
Population	86, 915	4, 325	5, 400	3, 360

a. Find the apportionment under Webster's method. (Hint: Look for suitable divisors in the interval 900 to 1100.)

b. Find the apportionment under the Huntington-Hill method. [Hint: Try the divisor that worked in (a).]

c. What do the answers in parts (a) and (b) say about Webster's method and the Huntington-Hill apportionment method?