The Wohascum County Board of Commissioners, which has 20 members, recently had to elect a President. There

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The Wohascum County Board of Commissioners, which has 20 members, recently had to elect a President. There were three candidates (A, B, and C); on each ballot the three candidates were to be listed in order of preference, with no abstentions. It was found that 11 members, a majority, preferred A over B (thus the other 9 preferred B over A). Similarly, it was found that 12 members preferred C over A. Given these results, it was suggested that B should withdraw, to enable a runoff election between A and C. However, B protested, and it was then found that 14 members preferred B over C! The Board has not yet recovered from the resulting confusion. Given that every possible order of A, B, C appeared on at least one ballot, how many members voted for B as their first choice?
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Linear Algebra

ISBN: 9780982406212

1st Edition

Authors: Jim Hefferon

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