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Excursions in Modern Mathematics: Pearson New International Edition | 8th Edition | ISBN: 9781292022048 | Authors: Peter Tannenbaum
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Table 36 shows the preference schedule for an election with five candidates (A, B, C, D

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Table 36 shows the preference schedule for an election with five candidates (A, B, C, D, and E). The number of voters in this election was very large, so the columns of the preference schedule give the percent of voters instead of the number of voters. Use the plurality method to (a) find the winner of the election. (b) find the complete ranking of the candidates.

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Table 36 shows the preference schedule for an election with five candidates (A, B, C, D, and E). The number of voters in this election was very large, so the columns of the preference schedule give the percent of voters instead of the number of voters. Use the plurality method to (a) find the winner of the election. (b) find the complete ranking of the candidates.

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