Question

the graduation committee has recommended four possible commencement speakers. they are putting the final decision to an approval vote of the students. the table above summarizes the results of the approval vote, where each column shows the number of people with a certain approval vote. approvals are marked with an x. find the winner under approval voting. table: number of voters (rows): 23, 29, 23, 30, 27, 28; columns: billie jean king, picabo street, suze orman, elie wiesel (with x marks in cells as per the table) options: billie jean king, picabo street, suze orman, elie wiesel

Explanation:

Step1: Count approvals for Billie Jean King

Add the number of voters who approved her: \(23 + 0 + 23 + 30 + 0 + 28 = 104\)

Step2: Count approvals for Picabo Street

Add the number of voters who approved her: \(23 + 29 + 0 + 0 + 27 + 0 = 79\)

Step3: Count approvals for Suze Orman

Add the number of voters who approved her: \(0 + 29 + 23 + 0 + 0 + 28 = 80\)

Step4: Count approvals for Elie Wiesel

Add the number of voters who approved her: \(23 + 29 + 0 + 30 + 0 + 0 = 82\)

Answer:

Billie Jean King (with 104 approvals, the highest among all candidates)