DYGI 1-8-1 While we\'ve seen that you can\'t assign seats simply based on what p

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DYGI 1-8-1 While we've seen that you can't assign seats simply based on what percentage of the total population a given district has, that percentage still plays an important role in apportionment. If we divide the population of a given district by the standard divisor, something interesting happens Population of district Standard divisor Population of district Total population Number of seats 4. Given the fact that dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal, fill in the blank to rewrite the division above as a multiplication Population of district Standard divisor Population of district X Now we can rearrange the multiplication a bit using properties of multiplying fractions Population of district Total population Number of seats Compare this to the line of reasoning in Question 3 the fraction part of the above formula is exactly the percentage of the total population that lives in a given district (in decimal form) With that in mind. 5. Perform the calculation in the formula above for District 3 in our example problem. Then write a description of what the result of the calculation tells you

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With the details available By using property of reciprocal we can write

Population of district/ standard divisor = Population of district * Number of seats / Total Population,

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