Losing at Tennis
In a single elimination tennnis tournament, there are n number of players. To determine a tournament winner ...
How many matches must be either played or defaulted?
How many matches must be either played or defaulted?
posted by Zaux at
6:02 AM
4 Comments:
Since each match eliminates one and only one player, leaving one winner, i'm going to say n-1
Agreed.
n-1
I'll leave it to Chris to show the working-out type stuff.
yea .. pretty easy Mr. Farenheit
After the horse has well and truly bolted....
Only one person doesn't lose... the tournament winner, therefore n-1.
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