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A country with 16 states and a population of 615529 contains 128 seats in a House of Representatives.What is the average number of seats assigned per state?

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Since there are 128 seats available and these 128 seats will be filled in by people from 16 states, we will divide 128 by 16 to get the average number of seats assigned per state.


128/16=8

Therefore, the average number of seats assigned per state is 8.

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