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Round each number using the Huntington-Hill rounding rules. (Hint: \(\sqrt{72} \approx 8.48528\) is all the information you need. You won't need a calculator or to look up any tables.) (a) 8.5 (b) 8.4 (c) 8.483 (d) 8.486

(a) Explain why, when Jefferson's method is used, any violations of the quota rule must be upper-quota violations. (b) Explain why, when Adams's method is used, any violations of the quota rule must be lower-quota violations. (c) Explain why, in the case of an apportionment problem with two states, violations of the quota rule cannot occur under either Jefferson's or Adams's method. [Hint: Use the results of (a) and (b).

Explain why Jefferson's method cannot produce (a) the Alabama paradox (b) the new-states paradox