An Election with Four Candidates (A, B, C, and D)

question 7

Multiple Choice

An election with four candidates (A, B, C, and D) and 180 voters will use the Plurality Method to choose a winner. After 120 ballots have been recorded, A has 26 1^st choice votes, B has 18 1^st choice votes, C has 42 1^st choice votes, and D has 34 1^st choice votes. What is the minimum number of the remaining 60 1^st choice votes that A must receive in order to guarantee that no candidate will receive a majority of 1^st choice votes?

• A) 12
• B) 15
• C) 16
• D) 24
• E) None of the above.

Calculate and analyze variable overhead variances including efficiency and rate variances.

Understand the significance of favorable and unfavorable variances and their impact on financial performance.

Identify the importance of budgeted production units and their relationship with actual production in variance analysis.

Recognize the procedure for computing variances at the time of purchase or production.

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