Table 35 (see Exercise 15) shows the preference schedule for an election with five

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Table 35 (see Exercise 15) 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 Borda count method to find the complete ranking of the candidates. (Hint: The ranking does not depend on the number of voters, so you can pick any convenient number to use for the number of voters.)

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QUESTION:

Table 35 (see Exercise 15) 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 Borda count method to find the complete ranking of the candidates. (Hint: The ranking does not depend on the number of voters, so you can pick any convenient number to use for the number of voters.)

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We need to find the winner of the election and the complete ranking of the candidates.

Let the total number of voters

 

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