The following table shows the number of fifth and sixth grade teachers in a school district...

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The following table shows the number of fifth and sixth gradeteachers in a school district and the number of students in each ofthose grades. The number of teachers for each of the grade levelswas determined by using the Huntington-Hill apportionment method.The district has decided to hire a new teacher for either the fifthor sixth grade.
Number of
teachers Number of
students
Fifth grade 19 607
Sixth grade 23 739
(a) Use the apportionment principle to determine to which gradethe new teacher should be assigned.Â Â

(b) Use the Huntington-Hill apportionment principle to determine towhich grade the new teacher should be assigned.

How does this result compare with the result in part (a)?
same result or different result

	Number of teachers	Number of students
Fifth grade	19	607
Sixth grade	23	739

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