Scientific Research Corporation has offices in Boston and Chicago. The number of employees at each office is shown in the following table. There are 22 vice presidents to be apportioned between the offices. Office Employees Chicago 1220 Boston 154 (a) Use the Hamilton method to find each office's apportionment of vice presidents. Boston Chicago (b) The corporation opens an additional office in San Francisco with 145 employees and decides to have a total of 24 vice presidents. If the vice presidents are reapportioned using the Hamilton method, will the new states paradox occur? Explain. O Yes. Boston lost a vice president and Chicago gained one. O Yes. Chicago lost a vice president and Boston gained one. O Yes. Both Boston and Chicago lost a vice president. O No. Both Boston and Chicago gained a vice president.
Scientific Research Corporation has offices in Boston and Chicago. The number of employees at each office is shown in the following table. There are 22 vice presidents to be apportioned between the offices. Office Employees Chicago 1220 Boston 154 (a) Use the Hamilton method to find each office's apportionment of vice presidents. Boston Chicago (b) The corporation opens an additional office in San Francisco with 145 employees and decides to have a total of 24 vice presidents. If the vice presidents are reapportioned using the Hamilton method, will the new states paradox occur? Explain. O Yes. Boston lost a vice president and Chicago gained one. O Yes. Chicago lost a vice president and Boston gained one. O Yes. Both Boston and Chicago lost a vice president. O No. Both Boston and Chicago gained a vice president.
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