A small country consists of seven states; there are 189 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among the seven states; and the population of each state is shown,

Question

State A: 1283
State B: 2374
State C: 2725
State D: 2155
State E: 1592
State F: 2511
State G: 2017

Find the standard quota asked for State C.

Okay, I have two answers that I think can be the right one. The first one I got 35.14

The second one that I got was 5982.39. Would any of these two be the right answer?

Answer 1

How could 5982.39 be right? There are only 189 seats.

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Answer 2

What is the total population for this country?

Answer 3

Yes, I did see it. I guess I misunderstood. I take the total population which is 14657 and divide it by 2725 (for C). When I it equal, I get 5.3787155.. Do I take 5.3787155 and multiply it by 189? If so, I get 1016.577724... If I am not doing it right, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Answer 4

2725 / 14657 = 0.1859 = 18.6%

189 * 0.1859 = 35 seats