Homework 13.2

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pls999	pls999 posted 19 Years Ago #2683 #
Forum Newbie Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 1	For HW13.2, I was using (5M shares /11)x2 but I am not sure if this is correct? [NEAS: The denominator is too low, and you forgot to add 1 (to break ties).] 0
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Homework 13.2

pls999 - 19 Years Ago

Under cumulative voting, there are total of 55M votes EDIT: The...

D - 19 Years Ago

Shouldn't we use 55M/11*2? 5M/11*2 is less than 1M votes needed to...

hikingrl - 19 Years Ago

If you use 55M/11*2, then you get how many votes you need to elect at...

LB81 - 19 Years Ago

In a different finance course I took they gave us this formula Shares...

mcgowan04 - 19 Years Ago

MC: I am not saying your formula is wrong. extreme example: 1 share...

D - 19 Years Ago

I got the formula directly from S.B. Block & G.A Hirt, Foundations of...

mcgowan04 - 19 Years Ago

I think the formula makes sense if we look at what it's actually...

hikingrl - 19 Years Ago

So we have 5M shares, and 11 votes per share(one per seat). This is...

jdcox1999 - 19 Years Ago

How is it guaranteed? Per your argument, 5,000,002 votes. There are...

D - 19 Years Ago

After reading your response I realized my error in logic. So we must...

jdcox1999 - 19 Years Ago

Jercox came to the same conclusion as MC's quoted formula. (I had a...

D - 19 Years Ago

The total votes from the 11 people elected doesn't need to add to 55...

Donny - 19 Years Ago

Jacob: Can you explain cumulative voting? Rachel: Let us compare...

NEAS - 19 Years Ago

We have 55 million votes and 11 members. To guarantee a majority for...

Actuizzle - 19 Years Ago

Actuizzle, may I clarify your statement: "This tactic...

Ohel Moed - 19 Years Ago

We have left the student postings to show the reasoning required. The...

NEAS - 19 Years Ago

What confuses me about this question is how someone with anything less...

nic - 18 Years Ago

I think the problem with the question is that people are attacking the...

cviddy - 18 Years Ago

Formula should be S/(D+1) + 1 for one guaranteed seat. Formula S/D...

Bamafan - 18 Years Ago

I think Bamafam's reasoning is correct. You can guarantee a win with...

Mathochist - 18 Years Ago

Cumulative Voting Jacob: Can you give a simple illustration of the...

NEAS - 18 Years Ago

OK, I'm going to throw in my two cents and give my intuitive...

wayno52 - 17 Years Ago

Somewhat of a derivation: Say we have D director positions open –...

msopnet - 17 Years Ago

For anyone who has had some discrete mathematics, this is a good...

Tyson - 17 Years Ago

Here's my reasoning on this, presented as a dialog: John: I'm tired...

Ron - 14 Years Ago

I cast all 11X of my votes to my candidate. In order for my candidate...

slr - 14 Years Ago

This is how I derived the given formula. ‌If we want to elect one candidate, S shares must go to him, where S is greater than all other shares divided by 11 (which is the least number of candidates.....

aphroditexx - 6 Years Ago

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