SOLUTION: Eight people enter a racquetball tournament in which each person must play every other person exactly once.
Determine the total number of games that will be played?
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Determine the total number of games that will be played?
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Question 885130: Eight people enter a racquetball tournament in which each person must play every other person exactly once.
Determine the total number of games that will be played?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It would be all possible pairings of the 8 players
this is the combination of 8 objects taken 2 at a time
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check:
They are:
A B C D E F G H
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A B
A C
A D
A E
A F
A G
A H
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B C
B D
B E
B F
B G
B H
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C D
C E
C F
C G
C H
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D E
D F
D G
D H
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E F
E G
E H
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F G
F H
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G H
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This is:
OK
