SOLUTION: There are 8 teams in volleyball event. if the elimination round is made up of a single round robin, how many scheduled matches shall be there in the elimination round?

Question 1035136: There are 8 teams in volleyball event. if the elimination round is made up of a single round robin, how many scheduled matches shall be there in the elimination round?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, you can list them all and figure it out, or you can reason it out...
Eight teams play 4 games to reduce to four teams.
Four teams play 2 games to reduce to two teams.
Two teams play 1 game to reduce to the winner.
Seven games total.
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