Posers and Puzzles
RHP Arms
- Joined
- 09 Jun '07
- Moves
- 48793
20 players enter a knockout tennis competition.
1. How many byes are there in the first round?
2. How many matches are there in total?
3. N players enter a knockout competion. How many matches are there in total?
- Joined
- 15 Feb '07
- Moves
- 667
19 matches, # of byes depends on how byes are handled.
One could try for mimimal byes and there would be 2 byes, in the 3rd and 4th rounds respectively.
One could also place all byes in the first round, in which case there would be 12, with 4 matches to kick this thing off.
RHP Arms
- Joined
- 09 Jun '07
- Moves
- 48793
It does not matter how many byes you have or in what round.
You always need N-1 results to eliminate N-1 players to leave one champ.
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