Consider the apportionment of 60 doctors for First Physicians Organization. The apportionment using Hamiltons method is shown

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Consider the apportionment of 60 doctors for First Physicians Organization. The apportionment using Hamilton’s method is shown in the table below.

Clinic Total A B D E 226 1080 13.67 11.17 10.89 11.72 12.56 60.01 57 Patients 246 201 196 211 Standard quota Lower quota

Does the Alabama paradox occur using Hamilton’s method  if the number of doctors is increased from 60 to 61? Explain your answer.


When appropriate, round quotas and divisors to the nearest hundredth.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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