Table 22-16 Citizens in a Small Town Are Deciding How Best to Best

question 5

Multiple Choice

Table 22-16
Citizens in a small town are deciding how best to develop a plot of land at the center of town. They have narrowed the options to: a park, town hall, gas station, restaurant. The voters' preferences are shown in the table below.

-Refer to Table 22-16.If the election is conducted by instant runoff,the first votes to be reassigned will be the first choice votes for

• A) restaurant, which will be reassigned as votes for gas station.
• B) restaurant, which will be reassigned as votes for park.
• C) gas station, which will be reassigned as votes for town hall.
• D) gas station, which will be reassigned as two votes for town hall and one vote for restaurant.

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Definitions:

Decision Making

Decision making involves selecting a course of action from several alternatives, often based on judgment, research, and reasoning.

Irrelevant Information

Information that has no bearing on the current situation or decision-making process; it does not affect outcomes.