Find the Apportionment Asked For Find the Apportionment for the Seventh Precinct Using Adamsʹ Method

question 25

Multiple Choice

Find the apportionment asked for.
-A small city has 50 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of Each precinct. The populations are given in the following table. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l c } \hline \text { Precinct } & \mathbf { 1 } & \mathbf { 2 } & \mathbf { 3 } & \mathbf { 4 } & \mathbf { 5 } & \mathbf { 6 } & \mathbf { 7 } & \mathbf { 8 } \\\hline \text { Population } & 2115 & 3659 & 3117 & 1883 & 4912 & 4027 & 2776 & 3174 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Find the apportionment for the Seventh Precinct using Adamsʹ method.

• A) 5
• B) 4
• C) 7
• D) 6

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