Table 22-8 The Citizens of Mayville Are Having a Severe Budget Shortage

Multiple Choice

Table 22-8
The citizens of Mayville are having a severe budget shortage and are faced with eliminating athletics from the town high school. The town administrator has determined that the town can afford to maintain one sport. Exactly one of the three choices will prevail, and the choice will be made by way of pairwise voting, with the majority determining the outcome on each vote. The preferences of the voters are summarized in the table below.
-Refer to Table 22-8. If the town administrator first asks the citizens to vote for hockey or basketball and then asks them to choose between the winner of the first vote and football, what will be the outcome?

A) Hockey will win the first vote and hockey will win the second vote.
B) Hockey will win the first vote and football will win the second vote.
C) Basketball will win the first vote and basketball will win the second vote.
D) Basketball will win the first vote and football will win the second vote.