Question

Find the standard divisor for the given situation. Round your answer to two decimals. A small city has 50 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of each precinct. The populations are given in the following table.

the table says..
Precinct 1 ; Population 2115
Precinct 2 ; Population 3659
Precinct 3; Population 3117
Precinct 4; Population 1883
Precinct 5; Population 4912
Precinct 6; Population 4027
Precinct 7; Population 2776
Precinct 8; Population 3174

Answer 1

Can you help me? @E.ali

Answer 2

A. 513.26

B. 415.02

C. 543.84

D. 611.5

Answer 3

we want a divisor that we can apply to the district population and get the # of police officers that will patrol it

in total there's 50 cops
in total there's 25663 residents(just add all precincts)

so, there's one cop for 25663/50 = 513 residents

Answer 4

Thank you!