Table 151 Suppose $1 Billion Is Available in the Budget and Parliament

question 35

Multiple Choice

Table 15.1
$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \text { Ivy } & \text { Jasmine } & \text { Rose } \\\hline \text { Subsidies for education } & \text { 2nd } & \text { 3rd } & \text { 1st } \\\hline \text { Research on Alzheimer's } & \text { 3rd } & \text { 1st } & \text { 2nd } \\\hline \text { Subsidies for daycare } & 1 \text { st } & \text { 2nd } & \text { 3rd }\\\hline\end{array}$
Suppose $1 billion is available in the budget and Parliament is considering allocating the funds to one of the following three alternatives: 1) Subsidies for education, 2) Research on Alzheimer's or 3) Subsidies for daycare. Table 15.1 shows three voters' rankings of the alternatives.
-Refer to Table 15.1.Suppose a series of votes are taken in which each pair of alternatives is considered in turn.If the vote is between allocating funds to research on Alzheimer's and subsidies for daycare,

• A)Ivy and Jasmine vote for Alzheimer's research, Rose votes for increased subsidies for daycare, and Alzheimer's research wins.
• B)Ivy and Rose vote for increased subsidies for daycare, Jasmine votes for Alzheimer's research, and increased increased subsidies for daycare wins.
• C)Jasmine and Rose vote for Alzheimer's research, Ivy votes for increased subsidies for daycare, and Alzheimer's research wins.
• D)Jasmine and Ivy vote for increased subsidies for daycare, Rose votes for Alzheimer's research, and increased subsidies for daycare wins.

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