EBK MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL ODYSSEY
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Chapter 6.2, Problem 13E
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The apportion the bureaucratic seats of an international bureau by using Hamilton’s method for the given condition.
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(including the District of Columbia).
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177,336
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229,634
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89,816
West North
68,440
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Forbes magazine publishes a list of the world's richest people. In
2009, the six richest people, their citizenship, and their wealth (to the nearest billion dollars)
Name
Citizenship
Wealth ($ billion)
Willlam Gate (G)
Warren Buffett (B)
Carlos Slim Helu (H)
Lawrence Ellison (E)
Karl Albrecht (A)
United States
40
United States
38
Мexico
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United States
23
Sweden
22
Ingvar Kamprad (K)
Germany
22
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population mean?
d. For a random sample of size 2, determine the probability that the mean wealth of the two
people obtained will be within 2 (i.e., $2 billion) of the population mean. Interpret your result in
terms of percentages.
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EBK MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL ODYSSEY
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