document.write( "Question 1161690: In a baseball tournament consisting of twelve teams, in which each team plays every other team once, how many games will there be?\r
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document.write( "Multiple choice answers:\r
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document.write( "a. 15
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document.write( "b. 720
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document.write( "c. 24
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document.write( "d. 66 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #785294 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Team 1 plays against 2, 3, 4,...,11, 12, a total of 11 teams\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Team 2 plays against 1, 3, 4,...,11, 12, also 11 teams, but we already counted 2 vs. 1 when we counted Team 1's opponents. Hence, 10 teams.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Similarly, Team 3 plays against 11 teams, but 2 of those have already been counted, so 9 teams.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And so on. In summary:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Team 1 11\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 2 10\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 3 9\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 4 8\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 5 7\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 6 6\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 7 5\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 8 4\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 9 3\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 10 2\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 11 1\r\n" ); document.write( "Team 12 0\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can do your own arithmetic. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " |