SOLUTION: If there are 6 teams in the alpha league and 5 teams in the Beta league and if each team from one league plays each team from the other league exactly once, how many games are play

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Question 712611: If there are 6 teams in the alpha league and 5 teams in the Beta league and if each team from one league plays each team from the other league exactly once, how many games are played?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There will be exactly 5*6 = 30 distinct games played. The best way is to set up a 2 dimensional table with the alpha league teams on the row headers and the beta league on the column headers. The intersection of each alpha,beta combo will form a cell. You'll find that there are 30 cells total (think of it like an excel spreadsheet).