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Use the Jefferson method of apportionment to distribute 12 seats on a city council to three districts with the populations shown below.  District  Population  North 30,000 Central 10,100 South 34,900\begin{array} { l c } \text { District } & \text { Population } \\\text { North } & 30,000 \\\text { Central } & 10,100 \\\text { South } & 34,900\end{array}


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Marginal Product

Marginal product refers to the additional output resulting from using one more unit of a production input, such as labor or capital, holding other inputs constant.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, calculated by dividing total output by the total quantity of inputs.

Labor

The effort by humans to produce goods or services in exchange for wages or other compensation.

Marginal Product

The additional output produced by using one more unit of a production input, holding all other inputs constant.

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