The board of directors of a large company is choosing a site for a new branch office in...

The board of directors of a large company is choosing a site for a new branch office in the southwest. The cities being considered are Albuquerque (A), Phoenix (P), Sante Fe (S), and Tucson (T). The members of the board are asked to rank the cities from first to fourth. The results are summarized in the following preference table. Although there are 24 ways to rank the cities, only those shown in the table are used.

a. Which city is chosen using the plurality with elimination method?

b. Which city is selected if the pairwise comparison method is used?