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A New Triangle on the Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. A. E. Simons
J. A. E. Simons*
Affiliation:
(Pupil at) Oundle School, Now at 47 Heath Drive, Potters Bar, Herts
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If we wish to plot the results of the election on a graph, constituency by constituency, we face the problem that a sheet of paper has two degrees of freedom, but there are three political parties. We may overcome this by using only the ratio of the votes obtained by each party. In any constituency,

let the Labour vote = x

let the Liberal vote = y

let the Conservative vote = z.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 51 , Issue 378 , December 1967 , pp. 291 - 294
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1931

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