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Three States

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Three states have the following populations: $\begin{array}{ll}\underline {\text {State}}&\underline {\text {Population}}\\\mathrm{A} & 10,040 \\\mathrm{~B} & 8000 \\\mathrm{C} & 2050\end{array}$ A house of representatives with 17 members is to be apportioned among these states.
-What is the tentative apportionment for state A using Hamilton's method?

A) 8
B) 8.5
C) 9
D) 9.5