Fifteen New Police Officers Are to Be Assigned to Four

Fifteen new police officers are to be assigned to four precincts. The populations of the precincts are shown below. (a) Use Webster's method to determine how many of the 15 new officers each precinct should receive and (b) write the modified divisor used (answers may vary). Round the divisor to the nearest whole number, if necessary.
$\begin{array}{l|ccccc}\text { Precinct } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Population } & 3,176 & 8,399 & 2,873 & 5,861 & 20,309\end{array}$

A) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|llll}\text { Precinct } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Officers } & 2 & 6 & 2 & 5\end{array}$

(b) 1,414

B) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|llll}\text { Precinct } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Officers } & 2 & 5 & 3 & 5\end{array}$

(b) 1,414

C) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|llll}\text { Precinct } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Officers } & 2 & 5 & 3 & 5\end{array}$

(b) 1,294

D) (a)
$\begin{array}{l|llll}\text { Precinct } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Officers } & 2 & 5 & 3 & 5\end{array}$

(b) 1,294