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question 18

Short Answer

Use the following information to answer the Questions:
A city is divided into three regions for distributing the 20 representatives on a public utility board. The regions and their populations are shown below. $\begin{array}{ll}\underline {\text {Region}}&\underline {\text {Population}}\\\text { West } & 18,600 \\\text { Middle } & 12,900 \\\text { East } & 15,200\end{array}$
-Use the Jefferson method of apportionment to distribute representatives.

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