Tournament

Written on 12:04 am by Vja Students

322 hockey teams participate in an annual state tournament. The champion is chosen for this tournament by the usual elimination scheme. That is, the 322 teams are divided into pairs, and the two teams of each pair play against each other. The loser of each pair is eliminated, and the remaining teams are paired up again, etc. How many games must be played to determine a champion?

Answere::321

If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to our feed

4 Comments

  1. Anonymous | 10 January 2008 at 12:43 am

    Ans is 320.

     
  2. Anonymous | 10 January 2008 at 8:49 am

    321

    In general if there are N teams then N-1 matches to be conducted.

     
  3. Anonymous | 10 January 2008 at 11:44 pm

    230

     
  4. Anonymous | 29 January 2008 at 6:19 am

    9 matches.

    1st match will eliminate 161 teams
    2nd match will eliminate 80 teams
    and so on ...

    pow(2,8) < 322 < pow(2,9)

     

Post a Comment

On world