Is there a general way to solve such problems. They seem to be pretty confusing...
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If all 10 of the voting districts have a difference of 10% with the least
populated voting district, we will get the least value for the latter.
Let x be the population of of the least pop voting district. The pop of the
other districts are 10% higher i.e. 1.1x
x + 10 * 1.1x = 132000
12x = 132000
x = 11000
populated voting district, we will get the least value for the latter.
Let x be the population of of the least pop voting district. The pop of the
other districts are 10% higher i.e. 1.1x
x + 10 * 1.1x = 132000
12x = 132000
x = 11000