Picking Restaurant: Resolve Group Consensus on Restaurant Choice Using Voting

Problem A group of friends must agree on a restaurant. Each person submits an ordered list of preferences (most to least preferred). Find the restaurant that is ranked first by the most people. If there is a tie, return the tied restaurants sorted alphabetically. If no restaurant is anyone's first choice (impossible if lists are non-empty, but handle the empty case), return an empty list. Example: Follow-ups What if no single restaurant wins a majority of first-choice votes? Describe how instant…