Where is champion ?
Written on 10:29 pm by Vja Students
97 baseball teams participate in an annual state tournament. The champion is chosen for this tournament by the usual elimination scheme. That is, the 97 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?
Ans 96. All teams but the champion team will lose a game exactly once.
Total no of matches would be - 96