Voting Districts

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Voting Districts

by wally » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:25 pm
A certain city with a population of 132,000 is to be divided into 11 voting districts, and no district is to have a population that is more than 10 percent greater than the population of any other district. What is the minimum possible population that the least populated district could have?

[spoiler]ANS: 11,000[/spoiler]

I can't quite work out how to set this up algebraically. Some insight would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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