A Survey of Mathematics with Applications plus MyLab Math Student Access Card -- Access Code Card Package (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134115764
Author: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 20RE
Hiring a New Paralegal In Exercises 20 and 21, a law film is hiring one new paralegal from among four candidates, A, B, C, and D. The search committee decides to use the Borda count method to determine the winner. The preference table follows.
| Number of Votes | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| First | A | C | B |
| Second | B | B | D |
| Third | C | D | C |
| Fourth | D | A | A |
20. Is the majority criterion satisfied?
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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications plus MyLab Math Student Access Card -- Access Code Card Package (10th Edition)
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