document.write( "Question 356321: In a round robin tennis tournament, every player plays against every other player. If 11 players are entered in a round robin tennis tournament, how many matches will be played? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi, sry, forgot to divide by 2.\r
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document.write( "*Note: Each player plays 10 matches
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document.write( "There are 11 players total
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document.write( "In general, If n is the number of competitors, a pure round robin tournament requires (n/2)(n-1) games. 
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document.write( "(If n is even, then in each of (n − 1) rounds,  n/2 games could be run in parallel.
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document.write( "If n is odd, there will be n rounds with (n-1)/2 games and one competitor having no game in that round.)\r
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document.write( "110/2 or 55 matches will be played in this round robin tennis tournament \n" );
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