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Apportionment and Voting Methods Explained

This document contains a problem set with 3 problems related to apportionment, voting systems, and weighted voting. Problem 1 involves apportioning 20 salespeople across 4 shifts using different apportionment methods. Problem 2 examines vote counts for 5 cities hosting a renewable energy trade show and determines the winner under different voting methods. Problem 3 analyzes a weighted voting system with 5 voters of different weights and asks questions about quotas, coalition weights and critical voters.

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Apportionment and Voting Methods Explained

This document contains a problem set with 3 problems related to apportionment, voting systems, and weighted voting. Problem 1 involves apportioning 20 salespeople across 4 shifts using different apportionment methods. Problem 2 examines vote counts for 5 cities hosting a renewable energy trade show and determines the winner under different voting methods. Problem 3 analyzes a weighted voting system with 5 voters of different weights and asks questions about quotas, coalition weights and critical voters.

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CHAPTER 5 “APPORTIONMENT, VOTING, AND WEIGHTED VOTING SYSTEMS”

Name: Kyla D. Calago Section: BAFM-1A


PROBLEM SET
Problem 1. The number of salespeople assigned to work during a shift is apportioned based on the average number of
customers during that shift. Apportion 20 salespeople given the information below.

Determine the apportionment using


a. Hamilton’s Method
b. Jefferson’s Method
c. Webster Method
d. Huntington-Hill Method
Problem 2. The planning committee for a renewable energy trade show is trying to decide what city to hold their next
show in. The votes are shown below.

a. How many voters voted in this election?


b. How many votes are needed for a majority? A plurality?
c. Find the winner under the plurality method.
d. Find the winner under the Borda Count Method.
e. Find the winner under the Plurality with Elimination method.
f. Find the winner under Pairwise Comparison Voting method.
Problem 3. A weighted voting system for voters A, B, C, D, and E is given by {35 : 29,11,8,4,2}. The weight of voter A is 29,
the weight of voter B is 11, the weight of voter C is 8, the weight of voter D is 4, and the weight of voter E is 2.
a. What is the quota?
b. What is the weight of the coalition {A,D,E }?
c. Is {A,D,E} a winning coalition?
d. Which voters are critical voters in the coalition {A,C,D,E }?
e. How many coalitions can be formed?
f. How many coalitions consist of exactly two voters?

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