Your college campus is broken into five sections (Main Campus, North Campus, East Campus, West Campus, and South Campus). The board of trustees has recently approved the installation of 70 emergency blue lights. The lights will be apportioned based the area of each section (i.e. the larger the section, the more lights). The table below gives the area, in acres, of each section of campus.
-Based on the scenario above, how many Emergency Blue Lights would be installed on South Campus if Hamilton's Method was used to do the apportioning?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
E) None of the above.

Question

Your college campus is broken into five sections (Main Campus, North Campus, East Campus, West Campus, and South Campus). The board of trustees has recently approved the installation of 70 emergency blue lights. The lights will be apportioned based the area of each section (i.e. the larger the section, the more lights). The table below gives the area, in acres, of each section of campus. 
-Based on the scenario above, how many Emergency Blue Lights would be installed on South Campus if Hamilton's Method was used to do the apportioning?
A) 3 
B) 4 
C) 5 
D) 6 
E) None of the above.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Hamilton's Method involves distributing items based on quotas, and rounding down initially, then distributing remaining items based on the largest fractional parts. The scenario likely results in 5 Emergency Blue Lights for South Campus after applying this method.

Your College Campus Is Broken into Five Sections (Main Campus