Consider an Election with Three Candidates: X, Y, and Z

question 101

Multiple Choice

Consider an election with three candidates: X, Y, and Z. Suppose 52 percent of voters prefer X over Y and Y over Z, 48 percent of voters prefer Y over Z and Z over X, and 4 percent of voters prefer Z over Y and Y over X. In an ideal voting system, candidate _______ should win the election.

• A)X
• B)Y
• C)Z
• D)This cannot be answered without more information.

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Definitions:

Maximum Comparisons

The term usually refers to the highest number of comparisons required to complete an operation, often used in the context of sorting and searching algorithms.

Binary Search

A searching algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array by repeatedly dividing in half the portion of the list that could contain the target value.

Divide And Conquer

An algorithm design paradigm based on multi-branched recursion, breaking a problem into smaller parts, solving each part and combining the solutions.

Search Technique

Methods or algorithms used to find specific data or information within a collection, database, or file system.