At the beginning of each football season, the coaching staff at Vista High School must vote to decide which players to select for the team. They use the weighted voting system {9: 8, 7, 1}. In this voting system, the head coach A has a weight of 8, the assistant coach B has a weight of 7, and the junior varsity coach C has a weight of 1. (a) Compute the Banzhaf power index for each of the coaches. (Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.) BPI(A)  = BPI(B)  =    BPI(C)  = Explain why it seems reasonable that the assistant coach and the junior varsity coach have the same Banzhaf power index in this voting system. A: As to forming a winning coalition, the two minor coaches are the same. B: Winning coalitions often include support of different weight.     C: The weightings for the minor coaches are different, so are their critical votes.

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At the beginning of each football season, the coaching staff at Vista High School must vote to decide which players to select for the team. They use the weighted voting system {9: 8, 7, 1}. In this voting system, the head coach A has a weight of 8, the assistant coach B has a weight of 7, and the junior varsity coach C has a weight of 1.

(a) Compute the Banzhaf power index for each of the coaches. (Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.)

BPI(A)  =
BPI(B)  =   
BPI(C)  =

Explain why it seems reasonable that the assistant coach and the junior varsity coach have the same Banzhaf power index in this voting system.

A: As to forming a winning coalition, the two minor coaches are the same.
B: Winning coalitions often include support of different weight.    
C: The weightings for the minor coaches are different, so are their critical votes.
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