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Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

In exercises 3-18, complete the following:

  1. How many voters voted in this election?

  2. How many votes are needed for a majority?

  3. Find the winner under the plurality method.

  4. Find the winner under the Instant Runoff Voting method.

  5. Find the winner under the Borda Count Method.

  6. Find the winner under Copeland's method.

The Hillsboro City Council has an election with three candidates, D, E, F. The votes are:

Number of voters5437210
1st choiceDDEEFF
2nd choiceEFFDED
3rd choiceFEDFDE

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.2 Voting Methods, Exercise 7

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