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Accountants Convention The National Association of Accountants held an election among its delegates to decide on the 2018 conference site. The 200 delegates ranked their choices among Chicago (C), Seattle (S), Dallas (D), and Las Vegas (L). The preference table giving the results of the election is shown below.
Number of Votes | 60 | 55 | 45 | 30 | 10 |
First | S | L | D | C | S |
Second | L | D | C | L | D |
Third | C | C | L | D | L |
Fourth | D | S | S | S | C |
- a. Does any city receive a majority of first-place votes? If so, which city received a majority?
- b. Using the plurality method, which city is selected?
- c. Using the Borda count method, which city is selected?
- d. Using the plurality with elimination method, which city is selected?
- e. Using the pairwise comparison method, which city is selected?
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