The National Association of Accountants held an election among its delegates to decide on the 2018 conference

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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 First 45 10 60 30 55 D Second D Third Fourth D

(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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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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