The managers of Prints Alive (a local silk-screening business) are planning a party for their 30...

  

Transcribed Image Text:

The managers of Prints Alive (a local silk-screening business) are planning a party for their 30 employees. There are three possible locations for the party: the warehouse (W), the park (P), or the beach (B). The employees are asked to rank these choices in order of preference, and the results are summarized in the table. 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice Number of Ballots Cast 7 11 6 P B W W W B B P (a) How many votes were cast? votes O the park O the warehouse 6 P B W E (b) Use the plurality method of voting to determine the winner. O the beach P (c) What percent of the votes did the winner in part (b) receive? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) O the park O the warehouse (d) Use the instant runoff method to determine the winner. O the beach O the park O the warehouse (e) What percent of the votes did the winner in part (d) receive? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) % (f) Use the Borda count method to determine the winner. O the beach (g) How many points did the winner in part (f) receive? points (h) Use the pairwise comparison method to determine the winner. O the beach O the park O the warehouse (i) How many points did the winner in part (h) receive? points The managers of Prints Alive (a local silk-screening business) are planning a party for their 30 employees. There are three possible locations for the party: the warehouse (W), the park (P), or the beach (B). The employees are asked to rank these choices in order of preference, and the results are summarized in the table. 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice Number of Ballots Cast 7 11 6 P B W W W B B P (a) How many votes were cast? votes O the park O the warehouse 6 P B W E (b) Use the plurality method of voting to determine the winner. O the beach P (c) What percent of the votes did the winner in part (b) receive? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) O the park O the warehouse (d) Use the instant runoff method to determine the winner. O the beach O the park O the warehouse (e) What percent of the votes did the winner in part (d) receive? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) % (f) Use the Borda count method to determine the winner. O the beach (g) How many points did the winner in part (f) receive? points (h) Use the pairwise comparison method to determine the winner. O the beach O the park O the warehouse (i) How many points did the winner in part (h) receive? points

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

Given Solution a Answer 30 b According to plurality method of voting the location that receives the most votes is selected for party From the above Table Park received 7613 votes as first choice which ... View the full answer