Sometimes the divisor is taxable income and sometimes it is gross or adjusted gross income.

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As the divisor becomes bigger, the party's total in succeeding rounds gets smaller, allowing parties with lower initial totals to win seats.

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The divisor in the first round is one (ie it has no effect) and thereafter it is the total number of seats gained plus one.

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The result is that the divisor is now actually a multiplier.

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The addition of UnitedHealth will not cause a change in the level of the Dow, as the index committee will tweak its divisor prior to the Sept. 24 open to prevent any distortion.

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The current divisor is 0.132129493.

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That is your divisor.

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