Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134468372
Author: Peter Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 31E
Find the Shapley-Shubik power distribution of each of the following weighted voting systems.
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1. Which of the following is the critical voter for the weighted voting system below?
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Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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