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The Hypothetical Election Results Shown in Table 2 Correspond to Question

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The hypothetical election results shown in Table 2 correspond to question.
 Table 2: Hypothetical Election Results for a Hypothetical District Using a Quota.  Party A  Party B  Party C  Party D  Party E  Party F  Total  Votes 35,00022,00021,50013,5006,3501,650100,000 Votes/quota  Automatic seats  Remainder  Remainder seats  Total seats 10\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 2: Hypothetical Election Results for a Hypothetical District Using a Quota. }\\\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Party A } & \text { Party B } & \text { Party C } & \text { Party D } & \text { Party E } & \text { Party F } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Votes } & 35,000 & 22,000 & 21,500 & 13,500 & 6,350 & 1,650 & \mathbf { 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 } \\\hline \text { Votes/quota } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Automatic seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total seats } & & & & & & & \mathbf { 1 0 } \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
-The election results in Table 2 are for a district in which 10 candidates are elected. This country uses the Hare quota with largest remainders to allocate seats. If the Hare quota is calculated as the total number of votes in the district divided by the total number of seats available in the district, what is the Hare quota in this district?


A) 35,000
B) 10,000
C) 3,000
D) 100,000
E) not enough information provided to calculate the Hare quota

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