Suppose That There Are 175 Voters in an Election and That

question 210

Multiple Choice

Suppose that there are 175 voters in an election and that 80 of them prefer a $100 budget while the remainder prefer a $150 budget. Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The Condorcet Paradox predicts that the $100 budget will win even though fewer people prefer that budget.
• B)The median voter theorem predicts that the winning budget will be $125, the median of the preferences of the two types of voters.
• C)Arrow's impossibility theorem says that the winning budget cannot be determined in this election since there is no unanimity.
• D)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Buoyancy

The upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an object immersed in it, enabling the object to float or to seem lighter.

Internal Fertilization

The process in which the male delivers sperm into the body of the female (or close to the entrance of the reproductive tract).

Natural Selection

The method through which creatures more suited to their surroundings are more likely to live and have a higher number of descendants, a crucial driver of evolutionary change.

Buoyancy

The ability of an object to float or rise when submerged in a fluid, due to differences in density.