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ISBN: 9781259232848
Author: David Sobecki, Allan Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13.1, Problem 1TTO
The Student Activities Committee at Camden College is choosing a location for an end-of-year banquet, and they ask all members to list the four possible locations in order of preference. The choices are Airport Restaurant (A). Bob’s Bar and Grill (B). The Crab Shack (C). and Dino’s (D). The results are shown in the preference table.
(a) How many members voted?
(b) How many members listed The Crab Shack as their first choice?
(c) How many members listed The Crab Shack and Bob’s Bar and Grill in their top two?
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Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 8ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 10ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 11ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 12ECh. 13.1 - Using the election results given in Exercise 9,...Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 14ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 15ECh. 13.1 - Using the election results given in Exercise 12,...Ch. 13.1 - Using the Internet as a resource, look up the...Ch. 13.1 - Suppose that an election has seven candidates, and...Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 19ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 20ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 21ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 22ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 23ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 24ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 25ECh. 13.1 - Prob. 26ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 1TTOCh. 13.2 - Prob. 2TTOCh. 13.2 - Prob. 3TTOCh. 13.2 - If the one voter who listed softball last in the...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 1ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 4ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 5ECh. 13.2 - Can a candidate that gets the least first-place...Ch. 13.2 - A gaming club holds a vote to decide what type of...Ch. 13.2 - The McKees Point Yacht Club Board of Directors...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 9ECh. 13.2 - A local police union is holding an election for a...Ch. 13.2 - Students at a college were asked to rank three...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 13ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 14ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 15ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 16ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 17ECh. 13.2 - Does the election in Exercise 12 violate the...Ch. 13.2 - An English department is voting for a new...Ch. 13.2 - The Association of Self-Employed Working Persons...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 21ECh. 13.2 - Prob. 22ECh. 13.2 - Suppose that all 4 voters from the last column of...Ch. 13.2 - Suppose that 2 of the 4 voters from the second...Ch. 13.2 - If 2 of the voters from column 1 in Exercise 21...Ch. 13.2 - If the 3 voters in column 4 in Exercise 22 change...Ch. 13.2 - Construct a preference table for an election...Ch. 13.2 - Construct a preference table for an election...Ch. 13.2 - Construct a preference table for an election so...Ch. 13.2 - If the candidates on a preference ballot are...Ch. 13.2 - If the candidates on a preference ballot are...Ch. 13.2 - In an election with four candidates, how many...Ch. 13.2 - Based on your answers to Exercise 32, explain why...Ch. 13.2 - One way to avoid the issue described in Exercises...Ch. 13.2 - Lets talk about a modified Borda count method....Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 1TTOCh. 13.3 - Prob. 2TTOCh. 13.3 - Does the election in Try This One 2 violate the...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 4TTOCh. 13.3 - Explain how to determine the winner of an election...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 13.3 - Describe Arrows impossibility theorem. 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