Use a weighted score model to choose between three methods $($A$,$ B$,$ C$)$ of financing the acquisition of a major competitor. The relative weights for each criterion are shown in the following table as are the scores for each location on each criterion. A score of $1$ represents unfavorable, $2$ satisfactory, and $3$ favorable.

Method

Category

Consulting costs

Acquisition time

Disruption

Cultural differences

Skill redundancies

Implementation risks

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

a$)$ Which method has the highest score?

Weight

$20$

$20$

$10$

$10$

$10$

$25$

$10$

$2$

$2$

C

$3$

$1$

$3$

$2$

$1$

$3$

$2$

b$)$ What is that method's score?