Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305965584
Author: Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Richard D. Nation, Daniel K. Clegg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 13RE
Ski Club A campus ski club is trying o decide where to hold its winter break ski trip. The members of the club were surveyed and asked to rank five choices in order of preference. Their responses are tallied in the following table.
a. Use the plurality method of voting to determine which resort the club should choose.
b. Use the Borda count method to choose the ski resort the club should visit.
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Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
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