The town of Manlius purchased 25 new picnic tables to be apportioned between two parks. The picnic tables are to be apportioned based on the annual number of visitors to each park as shown below.

(a) Apportion the picnic tables using Hamilton’s method. 

(b) Suppose that the town decides to purchase five additional picnic tables and include a third park with an annual number of visitors as shown in the table below. The town will now apportion 30 picnic tables among the three parks. Does the new-states paradox occur using Hamilton’s method?

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

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Park A B Total Visitors 10,000 6250 3750 Total Park A Visitors 3750 6250 2100 12,100