A hospital district consists of six hospitals. The district…
A hospital district consists of six hospitals. The district administrators have decided that 48 new nurses should be apportioned based on the number of beds in each of the hospitals. The following table shows the number of beds in each hospital. 1a) Determine the standard divisor. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) 1b) What is the meaning of the standard divisor in the context of this exercise? There is one new nurse for every ______ beds. Use the Hamilton Method to determine the number of nurses to be apportioned to each hospital. 2a) Sharp 2b) Palomar 2c) Tri-City 2d) Del Raye 2e) Ranco Verde 2f) Bel Aire Use the Jefferson Method to determine the number of nurses to be apportioned to each hospital. 3a) Sharp 3b) Palomar 3c) Tri-City 3d) Del Raye 3e) Rancho Verde 3f) Bel Aire How do the apportionment results produced using the Jefferson method compare with the results produced using the Hamilton method? Choose the best response out of these five options. Option 1: Using the Hamilton method, Palomar gets one less nurse and Tri-City gets one more nurse than from the Jefferson method; Option 2: Using the Jefferson method, Del Raye gets one less nurse, and Bel Aire gets one more nurse than from the Hamilton method; Option 3: Using the Hamilton method, Sharp gets one less nurse and Palomar gets one more nurse than from the Jefferson method; Option 4: Using the Jefferson method, Del Raye gets one less nurse and Sharp gets one more nurse than from the Hamilton method; Option 5: They are identical.