SOLUTION: A graduating class of 356 votes to choose a president with 5 candidates seeking office. What is the least number of votes a successful candidate could receive and yet have more vot

Question 1190825: A graduating class of 356 votes to choose a president with 5 candidates seeking office. What is the least number of votes a successful candidate could receive and yet have more votes than other candidate?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A graduating class of 356 votes to choose a president with 5 candidates seeking office.
What is the least number of votes a successful candidate could receive
and yet have more votes than other candidate?
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The case we are looking for is   = 71 votes for every of 4 other candidates


and 71+1 = 72 votes for the successful candidate.

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