After successfully completing your corporate finance class, you feel the next challenge ahead is to serve on the board of directors of Schenkel Enterprises. Unfortunately, you will be the only individual voting for you.

a.) If the company has 530,000 shares outstanding and the stock currently sells for $35, how much will it cost you to buy a seat if the company uses straight voting?

b.) Assume that the company uses cumulative voting and there are three seats in the current election; how much will it cost you to buy a seat now?