A Survey of Mathematics with Applications (10th Edition) - Standalone book
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Author: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde
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Chapter 14.2, Problem 12E
Party Theme The children in Ms Cohn’s seventh-grade class are voting on a theme for then class party. Their choices are beach (B) the world (W), superheroes (S), or rock and roll (R). The results are shown in the preference table below.
a. Which theme is preferred to all the other themes in a head-to-head comparison? b. Suppose that the plurality method is used to determine the winner. Is the head-to-head criterion satisfied? Explain.
Number of Votes | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
First | B | S | R | W |
Second | W | B | S | R |
Third | S | W | B | B |
fourth | R | R | W | S |
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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications (10th Edition) - Standalone book
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