Question

Can someone help me with a multi step problem?

Answer 1

What is the problem?

Answer 2

@amistre64 :3

Answer 3

what would you suggest we do for the first part?

Answer 4

wrong question 1st..

Answer 5

Could do up until here

Answer 6

My textbook doesn't do a very good job of explaining this part

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i got no idea what thats talking about :/ use the "help me solve this" option on the right side there and it will step you thru it with explanation.

if i knew your book and chapter, i might be able to access a simliar question on interact.com

Answer 8

My book is Using and Understanding Math 5e

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Author: Bennett

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CHapter 12A

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http://interactmath.com/Exercises.aspx?chapterId=12&sectionId=1&objectiveId=-1

well, it has the book and chapter :)

Answer 12

yayay

Answer 13

question 16 looks like yours

Answer 14

You are looking at Chapter 12: Section A?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

i added up the votes, and the plurality is the top of the most votes

im not to the runoff yet

Answer 17

which excercise did u click on?

Answer 18

im here :

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exercise 31

Answer 20

That doesn't look like what im working on..

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since 38/82 is less then 50% A was not your majority

Answer 22

ah i understand that part but now for the top two candidates.

Answer 23

for a single runoff, the 2 candidates with the most 1stplace votes have a runoff, the winner wins the election ...

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38 for A versus 29 for B; the difference is what .. 9 votes?

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Yeah 9

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sorry, that thought was not good, it yelled at me lol

Answer 27

What yelled at u? the asnwer?

Answer 28

the program said i did it wrong .. then told me how to get the correct result. Im working the "help me solve this" option

count all the columns where A is ahead of B in your question

Answer 29

ONly once

Answer 30

38 people?

Answer 31

you notice that our top candidates are A and B

A is picked 38 times over B
B is picked 29+15 times over A; of 44 times over A right?

Answer 32

Ok

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since B takes 44 votes overall, and A takes 38 votes overall .. who wins?

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candidate b is the winner of the tip two run of?

Answer 35

yes

Answer 36

do you see why?

Answer 37

cuz has more over all votes?

Answer 38

those who voted for D have to choose between A and B

since those who voted for D chose B over A; then D votes are added to B votes

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Then to find winner by sequential run off , meaning it eliminates the candidate with the fewest 1st place votes?

Answer 40

Then to find winner by sequential run off , meaning it eliminates the candidate with the fewest 1st place votes?

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yeah, im getting yelled at on that one too lol

Answer 42

u put wrong answer?

Answer 43

who wins the 5th place votes?

Answer 44

A?

Answer 45

read that wrong still ....

the candidates that were not chosen for the first place spots (3 win, and 2 arent even left in the running) are C and E ... right?

Answer 46

uh yeah i think so

Answer 47

How many 1st place votes does A get?
How many 1st place votes does B get?
How many 1st place votes does C get?
How many 1st place votes does D get?
How many 1st place votes does E get?

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38 1st place votes A got?

Answer 49

IM having trouble understanding the chart

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just read the number off the bottom to determine how many votes the top row received

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38

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How many 1st place votes does A get? 38
How many 1st place votes does B get? 29
How many 1st place votes does C get? 0
How many 1st place votes does D get? 15
How many 1st place votes does E get? 0

since C and E are tied with 0 first place votes, erase them from the matrix

1 A B D
2 D A B
3 B D A
38 29 15


you agree?

Answer 53

ok i follow that

Answer 54

So, the sequential run off gives a tie among A and B?

Answer 55

now we run it again

A get 38
B gets 29
D gets 15 <-- D loses

Answer 56

1 A B B
2 B A A
38 29 15

A = 38 <-- loses
B = 29+15 = 44


run again

1 B B B
38 29 15

B wins again

Answer 57

might have that wrong too

Answer 58

B keeps winning!

Answer 59

A has 38 while B has at most 30 is what it looks to be yelling about ...

Answer 60

A has at most 38, B has at most 29

..cant type

Answer 61

ugh ... I simply clicked the wrong one ... ; yeah, B wins the most votes

Answer 62

So its the winner by sequential run off is A?

Answer 63

no, B i just hit the wrong option and it yelled at me and I was trying to figure out why it would be yelling at me lol

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wait like option B or candiadate B

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well, since i got no idea what your options are .... im addressing this in terms of candidate

Answer 66

The winner by sequential run off is B

Answer 67

yep

Answer 68

now what is a Borda count?

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now we have to find the borda count winner

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any idea on how this system works?

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5 places gives us point values from 1 to 5

position in a column gives us a point value, and number of votes is a mulitpler

A 5 3 1
B 2 5 3
C 3 2 4
D 4 1 5
E 1 4 2
38 29 15


A = 38(5) + 29(3) + 1(15)
B = 38(2) + 29(5) + 1(3)
etc ...

Answer 72

if we setup a matrix like this: we see that A wind with 2(146) points

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%5B%7B5%2C3%2C1%7D%2C%7B2%2C5%2C3%7D%2C%7B3%2C2%2C4%7D%2C%7B4%2C1%2C5%7D%2C%7B1%2C4%2C2%7D%5D+dot+%5B%7B38%7D%2C%7B29%7D%2C%7B15%7D%5D

Answer 73

Aggggggggh

Answer 74

yeah, i hear ya .... this is just plain brutal. something called pairwise comparison is next that might take years to complete ...

Answer 75

SO in order to find out the winner by a borda count i have to do that for each candidate?

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yes .... vote count times placement value, plus the next and the next

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which is why i just made a matrix write up of it ...

Answer 78

So c= 38(3)+29(2)+1(4)?

Answer 79

correct

Answer 80

do you see where i get the numbers from tho? thats the key to the borda method

Answer 81

not really

Answer 82

oh its how many 1st place votes

Answer 83

think of it like this; you get money depending on which position you come in at; first position gets $5 per vote, second position gets $4 per vote, etc ... down to last position gets $1 per vote.

tally up the postions by how many votes they get in that position and add up the money

Answer 84

A gets 38 first place votes: 38(5)
A gets 29 third place votes: 29(3)
A gets 15 fifth place votes: 15(1)

A gets how much money total? 38(5)+29(3)+15(1)

then calculate the winnings for all the other candidates and see who gets the most money

Answer 85

A= 237
B= 124
C=176
D= 186
E=156

Answer 86

i think your numbers are alittle off, but thats expected from so much calculations

Answer 87

A= 292
B= 266
C= 232
D= 256
E= 184

Answer 88

A= 38(5)+29(3)+1(15)
B= 38(2)+29(5)+1(3)
C= 38(3)+29(2_+1(4)
D= 38(4)+29(1)+1(5)
E= 38 (4)+29(4)+1(2)
?

Answer 89

third column has 15 votes, not 1 vote

A= 38(5)+29(3)+15(1)
B= 38(2)+29(5)+15(3)
C= 38(3)+29(2)+15(4)
D= 38(4)+29(1)+15(5)
E= 38 (4)+29(4)+15(2)
^^^
and E has a 1 there, since they came in last place

Answer 90

237, 266,232,256,298?

Answer 91

not quite ... your still hitting some wrong key i think

Answer 92

A= 292
B= 266
C= 232
D= 256
E= 184

Answer 93

yeah i was typing something wrong lol

Answer 94

wait for E im getting 298

Answer 95

38(4)+29(4)+15(2)

Answer 96

E= 38(1)+29(4)+15(2)

Answer 97

E came in last place ($1) at 38 votes