ESTRELLA, TRISHA MAE B.

BSPT 1A NOV 1 2021

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

EXERCISE 2.1

Answer each problem completely.

Candidates:

A – ARROW

B - BENNETT

C – CANDICE

D - DANNY

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14

1st choice A B C A D

2nd choice D A D B A

3rd choice B C B D C

4th choice C D A C B

Determine the winner of the election using the indicated method

a. Plurality method – ARROW

b. Plurality with elimination – ARROW
c. Borda count – ARROW
d. Top two runoff – ARROW
e. Pairwise comparison – ARROW
Solution

a. PLURALITY METHOD

A 42 + 28 = 70
B 23
C 35
D 14

b. PLURALITY WITH ELIMINATION

ROUND 1
RANKS TOTAL 1ST CHOICE
A 1 2 4 1 2 = 70
B 3 1 3 2 4 = 23
C 4 3 1 4 3 = 35
D 2 4 2 3 1 = 14
NUMBER 42 23 35 28 14
OF VOTERS

A = 42 + 28 = 70
B = 23
C = 35
D = 14
Candidate D has the lowest first choice, he is eliminated.

ROUND 2

RANKS TOTAL 1ST CHOICE

A 1 2 3 1 1 = 84
B 2 1 2 2 3 = 23
C 3 3 1 3 2 = 35
NUMBER 42 23 35 28 14
OF VOTERS

A = 42 + 28 + 14 = 84
B = 23
C = 35
Candidate B has the lowest first choice, he is eliminated.

ROUND 3
RANKS TOTAL 1ST CHOICE
 A 1 1 2 1 1 = 107
C 2 2 1 2 2 = 35
NUMBER 42 23 35 28 14
OF VOTERS

A = 42 + 23 + 28 + 14 = 107
C = 35
Candidate C is eliminated since he got the lowest first choice votes, thus, Candidate A is
the winner.

c. BORDA COUNT
rank point
1st = 4 points
2nd = 3 points
3rd = 2 points
4th = 1 point
CANDIDATE A
RANK Rank Point No. of votes Total
1 4 42 168
2 3 23 69
4 1 35 35
1 4 28 112
2 3 14 42
BORDA COUNT = 426

CANDIDATE B
RANK Rank Point No. of votes Total
3 2 42 84
1 4 23 92
3 2 35 70
2 3 28 84
4 1 14 14
BORDA COUNT = 344

CANDIDATE C
RANK Rank Point No. of votes Total
4 1 42 42
3 2 23 46
 1 4 35 140
4 1 28 28
3 2 14 28
BORDA COUNT = 284

CANDIDATE D
RANK Rank Point No. of votes Total
2 3 42 126
4 1 23 23
2 3 35 105
3 2 28 56
1 4 14 56
BORDA COUNT = 366
The candidate with the highest Borda count is candidate A. Thus, candidate A wins the
election.

d. TOP TWO RUNOFF

RANKS TOTAL 1ST CHOICE
A 1 2 4 1 2 = 70
B 3 1 3 2 4 = 23
C 4 3 1 4 3 = 35
D 2 4 2 3 1 = 14
NUMBER 42 23 35 28 14
OF VOTERS
Candidate A and D is the top two most number of first choice votes. Thus, Candidates B
and D is remove from the list.

RANKS TOTAL 1ST CHOICE

A 1 1 2 1 1 = 107
C 2 2 1 2 2 = 35
NUMBER 42 23 35 28 14
OF VOTERS
Candidate A wins the election with a total of 107 first choice votes.

e. PAIRWISE COMPARISON

A B C D
A
B
C
 D

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

votes
A 1 2 4 1 2 42 + 28 + 14 = 84
(winner)
B 3 1 3 2 4 23 + 35 = 58

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

votes
A 1 2 4 1 2 42 + 23 + 28 + 14 =
(winner) 107
C 4 3 1 4 3 35

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

votes
A 1 2 4 1 2 42 + 23 + 28 = 93
(winner)
D 2 4 2 3 1 35 + 14 = 49

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

votes
B 3 1 3 2 4 42 + 23 + 28 = 93
(winner)
C 4 3 1 4 3 35 + 14 = 49

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

votes
B 3 1 3 2 4 23 + 28 = 51

D 2 4 2 3 1 42 + 35 + 14 = 91
(winner)

Number of voters 42 23 35 28 14 Total 1st choice

 votes
C 4 3 1 4 3 23 + 35 = 58

D 2 4 2 3 1 42 + 28 + 14 =84
(winner)

Summary of winner in each comparison

A B C D
A A A A
B B D
C D
D
Candidate A has the most number of wins. Therefore, Candidate A is the winner.