In the U.S. Congress, there are 435 members of the House of Representatives. The number of representatives each state is apportioned depends on the population of the state relative to the population of the country as a whole.

a) In 2010, the population of the United States was about 308 million. If they were divided evenly, how many people would each of the 435 representatives represent (to the nearest whole person)?
people per representative

b) If the population of a state was 12,571,721 in 2010, how many representatives should that state have, rounded to the nearest whole representative?
representatives