Warm-Up 3, Due Monday, February 13, before class.

Warm-up questions usually either address material we handled during last class, or material you were to read in preparation for class, or you are supposed to answer questions based on your common sense alone. Please answer each question in three or more sentences. It is OK to answer 'I don't know' - but try to tell me why you are confused! No late Warm Ups are accepted for any reason, and only those submitted electronically through this web page (or by email, if the web page has technical problems) are considered.

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A parliament with 100 members is elected. The Literature Party gets 34 seats. The History Party gets 19 seats. The Economics Party gets 18 seats. The Art Party gets 17 seats. Finally, the Math Party gets 12 seats. A government coalition needs at least 51 seats.

Question 1

What do you think, which coalitions are most likely to form? Whcih party has the highest chances of being part of such a government coalition?

Question 2

What do you think are the chances of the Math Party to be member of a government coalition?