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unfortunately, i went the long way. it took about 2:20 to do.
since there are 20 teams, and each team plays the other team a total of 10 times, then the 1st team will play a total of 190 games (there are 19 other teams played 10 times each so 19*10 = 190), our second team will play a total of 180 games, our 3rd team will play 170....... adding all of these up, we get 1800.
hopefully someone can post an answer that is shorter. i'm not the best with combination-type problems.
Master Bunuel might be able to provide a good explanation.
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I remember for such problems we perhaps need to divide the total number of games by 2, as two teams play each other, so isn't that true here, or am I missing something ?
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Thanks Bunuel, You are so fast.
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Derek1988 wrote:
There are, in a certain league, 20 teams, and each team face another team for a total of 10 times. How many games are played in the season?
A. 1900 B. 3600 C. 2400 D. 180 E. 5400
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If each team were to play a game against the rest of the teams, we would have 20 * 19 amount of games in total. However, this results in each team facing each other twice since we counted both A faces B and B faces A. To eliminate the double-counting, we divide that value by 2 to get 10*19 = 190 games played. Finally, we multiply that by 10 to get 1900 games in total for facing each other 10 times instead of once.
Ans: A
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Solution
Given • In a certain league, there are 20 teams, • Each team faces another team for a total of 10 times
To find • The number of games to be played in the season.
Approach and Working out For one match, there must be two teams. • So, total match if only one match is played between two teams = 20 c2 = 190. • However, each team plays 10 matches between them. o So, total matches in the season = 190*10 = 1900
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