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Use the following information to answer the Questions:
There are 18 delegates to a political party's convention at which four people
-A, B, C, and D- have been nominated as the party's candidate for governor. The delegates' preference schedule is shown below. $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Number of delegates }$
$\begin{array}{llll}&8&9&4\\\text { First choice } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } \\\text { Second choice } & \text { B } & \text { A } & \text { B } \\\text { Third choice } & \text { C } & \text { D } & \text { A } \\\text { Fourth choice } & \text { D } & \text { C } & \text { D }\end{array}$
-What nominee would be elected if the party uses a rank system that assigns 5, 4, 1, and 0 point(s) for a first, second, third, and fourth choice, respectively? Is this result different from that which results from a Borda count?

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