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ERIC Number: EJ106375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Two Preference Paradoxes
Usiskin, Zalman
Mathematics Teacher, 67, 6, 515-518, Oct 74
The possibility of non-transitivity of preference choices is discussed. One example each from voting and from sports demonstrate some conditions where transitivity does not hold. Suggestions are made for using this type of problem in the classroom. (LS)
Descriptors: Instruction, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Paradox, Probability, Problem Solving, Secondary School Mathematics
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