A City with Three Districts Has an Increase in Population

question 12

Multiple Choice

A city with three districts has an increase in population as indicated in the table, Using Hamilton's method, apportion the 30 seats between the three districts both before and after the population increase. Look at the percent increase in population for each district to determine if the population paradox occurred.
$\begin{array}{l|cccc}\text { District } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Original population (in thousands) } & 954 & 545 & 2,334 & 3,833 \\\text { New population (in thousands) } & 1,205 & 696 & 2,677 & 4,578\end{array}$

• A) population paradox occurred
• B) population paradox did not occur

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