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How to calculate the population of a state given the apportionment value of 1 seat per 30,000 people (as in the original constitution?
If someone gives me the population of an imaginary state and asks how many people the state had [for purposes of apportioning representatives in the House of Representatives and imposing direct taxes under the original Constitution, how would I calculate that?]
3 Answers
- ?Lv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
# representatives
divide the population by 30,000
Population
multiply # representatives by 30,000
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Take their word that they gave you the correct population number. or, pop/30,000 to compute reps.
- ?Lv 72 years ago
If someone gives you the population of an imaginary state and asks you how many people the state had (for any purpose), the answer is kind of right there.
And there's zero house district that has 30K people. If that was true, there'd be thousands of people in Congress.
