#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 17a of Dr. Z.'s Math454(02) Rutgers University


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THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS WERE:


PLEASE LIST ALL THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED, AFTER EACH, BY THE ANSWER


1. Why are republicans red and democrats blue? 
A: During the 2000 election, major news networks collectively decided to keep colors consistent across the board when discussing elections and votes. The blue and red in particular may date back to the 1800s when bosses of political parties in South Texas color coded ballots red and blue according to repubican or democrat to assist illiterate voters in voting. 


2. In the 2008 election, whoever won, how many ways could he have gotten the exact number of electoral votes he actually got? 
A: 2251799813685348


3. What is the probability that it is consistent in such an election with 1000 states? 
A: 0.02522501818


4. How often will we get 500*x[0] + 500*x[1]? 
A:  


5. How close is it to C(100)? 
A:  They are the same - 0.13


6. (i) Are there other countries with the electoral college system? 
(ii) What is the counterpart of USEC()


A: 
Yes - Burundi, Estonia, India, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu
The increasing list of the number of electors in the electoral state for each the 15 imaginary number of states: 
[1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 12, 40]