Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134468372
Author: Peter Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 10E
The Epicurean Society is holding its annual election for president. The three candidates are A, B, and C. Twenty percent of the voters like A the most and B the least. Forty percent of the voters like B the most and A the least. Of the remaining voters 225 prefer C to B and B to A, and 675 prefer C to A and A to B. Write out the preference schedule for this election.
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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Ch. 1 - Table 1-31 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-32 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-33 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-34 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-35 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table1-36 shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-25 see Exercise 3 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-26 see Exercise 4 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-25 see Exercise 3 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-26 see Exercise 4 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-31see Exercise 11 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-32 see Exercise 12 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-33 see Exercise 13 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-34 Number of voters 6 6 5 4 3 3 1st A B B...Ch. 1 - Table 1-35 Percent of voters 24 23 19 14 11 9 1st...Ch. 1 - Table 1-36 Percent of voters 25 21 15 12 10 9 8...Ch. 1 - The Heisman Award. Table 1-37 shows the results...Ch. 1 - The 2014 AL Cy Young Award. Table 1-38 shows the...Ch. 1 - An election was held using the conventional Borda...Ch. 1 - Imagine that in the voting for the American League...Ch. 1 - Table 1-31 see Exercise 11 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-32 see Exercise 12 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table1-33 Number of voters 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 1st C A B...Ch. 1 - Table 1-34 See Exercise 14 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table1-39_ shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table1-40_ shows the preference schedule for an...Ch. 1 - Table 1-35 see Exercise 15 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-36 see Exercise 16 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Top-Two Instant-Runoff Voting. Exercises 39 and 40...Ch. 1 - Top-Two Instant-Runoff Voting. Exercises 39 and 40...Ch. 1 - Table 1-31 see Exercise 11 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-32 See Exercise 12 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-33 see Exercise 13 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-34 see Exercise 14 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-35 see Exercise 15 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-36 see Exercise 16 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table 1-39 see Exercise 35 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - Table1-40 see Exercise36 shows the preference...Ch. 1 - An election with five candidates A, B. C, D, and E...Ch. 1 - An election with six candidates A, B, C, D, E, and...Ch. 1 - Use Table 1-41 to illustrate why the Borda count...Ch. 1 - Use Table 1-32 to illustrate why the...Ch. 1 - Use Table 1-42 to illustrate why the plurality...Ch. 1 - Use the Math Club election Example 1.10 to...Ch. 1 - Use Table 1-43 to illustrate why the...Ch. 1 - Explain why the method of pair wise comparisons...Ch. 1 - Prob. 57ECh. 1 - Explain why the plurality method satisfies the...Ch. 1 - Explain why the Borda count method satisfies the...Ch. 1 - Explain why the method of pairwise comparisons...Ch. 1 - Two-candidate elections. Explain why when there...Ch. 1 - Alternative version of the Borda count. The...Ch. 1 - Reverse Borda count. Another commonly used...Ch. 1 - The average ranking. The average ranking of a...Ch. 1 - The 2006 Associated Press college football poll....Ch. 1 - The Pareto criterion. The following fairness...Ch. 1 - The 2003-2004 NBA Rookie of the Year vote. Each...Ch. 1 - Top-two IRV is a variation of the...Ch. 1 - The Coombs method. This method is just like the...Ch. 1 - Bucklin voting. This method was used in the early...Ch. 1 - The 2016 NBA MVP vote. The National Basketball...Ch. 1 - The Condorcet loser criterion. If there is a...Ch. 1 - Consider the following fairness criterion: If a...Ch. 1 - Suppose that the following was proposed as a...Ch. 1 - Consider a modified Borda count where a...
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