SOLUTION: There are 17 soccer player at practice. If every player kicks the ball to every other player, what is the least amount of kicks need so that every player is kicked to atleast once

Question 50024: There are 17 soccer player at practice. If every player kicks the ball to every other player, what is the least amount of kicks need so that every player is kicked to atleast once?
Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 17 soccer player at practice. If every player kicks the ball to every other player, what is the least amount of kicks need so that every player is kicked to atleast once?
LET US FIRST TAKE NUMBER OF COMBINATIONS TAKING 2 AT A TIME FROM 17 PLAYERS
=17C2=17*16/2=136...NOW IN THIS EACH SEPERATE PAIR ,ONE HAS TO KICK TO THE SECOND PERSON AND THE SECOND PERSON HAS TO KICK TO THE FIRST PERSON..2 WAYS
SO TOTAL NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES =2*136=272
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