In the Analytical Hierarchy Process, for the pairwise comparisons of attribute preferences of the decision maker to be completely consistent, where A-B is 3 and B-C is 2, A-C should be
A) at least 3
B) at least 5
C) at least 6
D) exactly 6

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In the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), consistency in pairwise comparisons means that the direct comparison should equal the product of the indirect comparisons. If A-B is 3 and B-C is 2, then A-C should be the product of 3 and 2, which is exactly 6.

In the Analytical Hierarchy Process, for the Pairwise Comparisons of Attribute