In the Context of a Voting System, Independence of Irrelevant

question 77

True/False

In the context of a voting system, independence of irrelevant alternatives means that the ranking between any two outcomes A and B should not depend on whether some third outcome C is also available.

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Definitions:

Time

A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence from the past through the present to the future.

Simple Interest

Interest computed on the original sum of a loan or deposit, not including the effects of compounding throughout the duration.

Simplification

The process of reducing a mathematical expression or equation to its simplest form.

Like Terms

Terms in an algebraic expression that have the same variable factors and thus can be combined or simplified.