Use the following information to answer the Questions:
A senate of 20 faculty members represents three departments: math, statistics, and applied math. The seats are to be apportioned according to the numbers of students in each department, which are as follows: $\begin{array}{lccc}
\text { Math} &97\
\text { Statistics} && 83\
\text { Applied math} &134\
\end{array}$

-In d'Hondt's method, who gets the first seat?
A) math
B) statistics
C) applied math

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Use the following information to answer the Questions:
A senate of 20 faculty members represents three departments: math, statistics, and applied math. The seats are to be apportioned according to the numbers of students in each department, which are as follows: $\begin{array}{lccc}
  \text { Math} &97\
  \text { Statistics} && 83\
  \text { Applied math} &134\
\end{array}$

-In d'Hondt's method, who gets the first seat?
A) math
B) statistics
C) applied math

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In d'Hondt's method, the first seat goes to the department with the highest quotient, which is calculated by dividing each department's number of students by the number of seats it has been awarded plus one.

For the first seat, the quotients are: 
- Math: 97/(0+1) = 97
- Statistics: 83/(0+1) = 83
- Applied math: 134/(0+1) = 134

Therefore, applied math has the highest quotient and gets the first seat.

As for the best choice(s), it depends on the criteria being used. If the goal is to allocate seats to reflect the relative size of each department, then d'Hondt's method is a fair and effective method. If other factors, such as diversity or representation of certain groups, are also important, then other methods may be more appropriate.

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