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Solve the Problem Determine the Winner Using the Pairwise Comparison Method and State

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Solve the problem.
-The Mathematics Department is holding an election for department chair. Each member ranks the candidates from first to third. The voter profile below shows the results of the ballots with
Candidates Clark (C) , Jones (J) , and Smith (S) .
 Number of Voters  Ranking 7 J>S>C10 S>J>C4 J>C>S8C>S>J\begin{array} { c | l } \text { Number of Voters } & \text { Ranking } \\\hline 7 & \mathrm {~J} > \mathrm { S } > \mathrm { C } \\10 & \mathrm {~S} > \mathrm { J } > \mathrm { C } \\4 & \mathrm {~J} > \mathrm { C } > \mathrm { S } \\8 & \mathrm { C } > \mathrm { S } > \mathrm { J }\end{array}
Determine the winner using the pairwise comparison method and state whether the winner
Received a majority of votes.


A) Jones; no
B) Jones; yes
C) Smith; yes
D) Smith; no

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