The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
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Chapter 10.4, Problem 6MS
Dictating an election through a dictator. Suppose that an election among five candidates yields the following outcome:
Candidate: Jack Mary Owen Adam Ellen
Votes received: 100 100 100 100 101
Is Ellen really the winner, given that roughly 80% of the population did not vote for her? Offer a suggestion as to what to do next and then describe a problem with your proposed method.
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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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