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The Board of Commissioners for Baker County must pick a site for a new jail. Three locat...

The Board of Commissioners for Baker County must pick a site for a new jail. Three locations have been determined to be suitable, and each of the 15 commissioners rank their preferences in order. The preferences are listed in the following table.

a. Using the plurality with elimination method, in which the alternative with the most last-place votes is eliminated, which site is selected?

b. Which site is selected using the plurality with elimination method?

c. Which site is selected using the Borda count method?

d. Which site is selected using a modified Borda count method with assigned values of 4 points for first place, 2 points for second place, and 1 point for third place?

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