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Table 15.1
 Ivy  Jasmine  Rose  Subsidies for education  2nd  3rd  1st  Research on Alzheimer’s  3rd  1st  2nd  Subsidies for daycare 1 st  2nd  3rd \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \text { Ivy } & \text { Jasmine } & \text { Rose } \\\hline \text { Subsidies for education } & \text { 2nd } & \text { 3rd } & \text { 1st } \\\hline \text { Research on Alzheimer's } & \text { 3rd } & \text { 1st } & \text { 2nd } \\\hline \text { Subsidies for daycare } & 1 \text { st } & \text { 2nd } & \text { 3rd }\\\hline\end{array}
Suppose $1 billion is available in the budget and Parliament is considering allocating the funds to one of the following three alternatives: 1) Subsidies for education, 2) Research on Alzheimer's or 3) Subsidies for daycare. Table 15.1 shows three voters' rankings of the alternatives.
-Refer to Table 15.1.Suppose a series of votes are taken in which each pair of alternatives is considered in turn.If the vote is between allocating funds to research on Alzheimer's and subsidies for daycare,


A) Ivy and Jasmine vote for Alzheimer's research, Rose votes for increased subsidies for daycare, and Alzheimer's research wins.
B) Ivy and Rose vote for increased subsidies for daycare, Jasmine votes for Alzheimer's research, and increased increased subsidies for daycare wins.
C) Jasmine and Rose vote for Alzheimer's research, Ivy votes for increased subsidies for daycare, and Alzheimer's research wins.
D) Jasmine and Ivy vote for increased subsidies for daycare, Rose votes for Alzheimer's research, and increased subsidies for daycare wins.

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