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3-Dec-13 5:18

317 people enter a knock-out tennis tournament. How many matches need to be played to determine the winner?

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Rob Philpott.

Richard Deeming3-Dec-13 5:20

Richard Deeming

3-Dec-13 5:20

Presumably only the last one. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Rob Philpott3-Dec-13 5:20

3-Dec-13 5:20

No, in total!

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OriginalGriff3-Dec-13 5:24

OriginalGriff

3-Dec-13 5:24

That was my answer as well!

fixthebugg3-Dec-13 5:27

fixthebugg

3-Dec-13 5:27

316

Rob Philpott3-Dec-13 5:28

3-Dec-13 5:28

Splendid!

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fixthebugg3-Dec-13 5:30

fixthebugg

3-Dec-13 5:30

I had seen it before.. Poke tongue | ;-P

Rob Philpott3-Dec-13 5:33

3-Dec-13 5:33

Kudos destroyed. Too honest!

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Simon_Whale3-Dec-13 5:28

Simon_Whale

3-Dec-13 5:28

317 or there abouts I would guess

Do'h just realised that I has also added the last game D'Oh! | :doh:

so it would be 316

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Rob Philpott3-Dec-13 5:29

3-Dec-13 5:29

Yes, don't think winners going through, think losers dropping out. 317 = 1 winner and 316 losers. Each loser loses only one game...

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Rob Philpott.

Jörgen Andersson3-Dec-13 5:45

Jörgen Andersson

3-Dec-13 5:45

What about the Bronze match?

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MehGerbil3-Dec-13 5:48

MehGerbil

3-Dec-13 5:48

I don't know much about tennis so I couldn't even guess at an answer.

Dalek Dave3-Dec-13 5:58

Dalek Dave

3-Dec-13 5:58

It is a sub-topic of Set Theory I believe.

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Nagy Vilmos3-Dec-13 6:17

Nagy Vilmos

3-Dec-13 6:17

It's covered by matches in game theory.

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MehGerbil3-Dec-13 7:06

MehGerbil

3-Dec-13 7:06

I'm sure I could put together a solution in .Net.

pkfox4-Dec-13 11:44

pkfox

4-Dec-13 11:44

If you don't know how could you code it ? Wink | ;-)

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MehGerbil4-Dec-13 16:42

MehGerbil

4-Dec-13 16:42

That is what QA is for...

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Marc Clifton3-Dec-13 7:12

Marc Clifton

3-Dec-13 7:12

Rob Philpott wrote:
How many matches need to be played to determine the winner?

[edit] Ignore me. My brain is addled. I hate word problems.[/edit]

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Corporal Agarn3-Dec-13 4:25

Corporal Agarn

3-Dec-13 4:25

All these mathematics problems make my brain hurt. Smile | :)

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Nagy Vilmos3-Dec-13 4:33

Nagy Vilmos

3-Dec-13 4:33

I get the same trying to solve the Gin problem.

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vonb3-Dec-13 4:35

vonb

3-Dec-13 4:35

For me will be the wine problem / solution in less then an hour.. Big Grin | :-D

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Nagy Vilmos3-Dec-13 4:38

Nagy Vilmos

3-Dec-13 4:38

The good news is that alcohol is a solution...

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vonb3-Dec-13 4:39

vonb

3-Dec-13 4:39

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
alcohol is a solution

At this time of the day, yes..

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Richard Deeming3-Dec-13 4:56

Richard Deeming

3-Dec-13 4:56

vonb wrote:
in less then an hour..

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