Solve the Problem A) B) C) D)

question 40

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-West End school district is purchasing 50 new computers to be distributed among the five schools in the district. The computers will be apportioned based on the school population of each school as Given in the table below. Use the Hamilton Method to apportion the computers.
$\begin{array}{l|ccccc}\text { School } & \mathrm{a} & \mathrm{b} & \mathrm{c} & \mathrm{d} & \mathrm{e} \\\hline \text { Population } & 210 & 165 & 160 & 175 & 190\end{array}$

• A)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 11 & 9 & 10 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)
• B)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 12 & 9 & 10 & 10 & 9
• \end{array}\)
• C)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 11 & 10 & 9 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)
• D)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 12 & 9 & 9 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)

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