Asked by Katherine


Sevnety-eight players entered a single elimination tennis tournament.How many matches were played to determine the overall champ?

please help me...and if u get the answer can you explain how you got it with a rule or a pattern
Answered by Reiny
Usually in a single elimination, the number of players is a power of 2,
if not, there will have to be "byes".
e.g. the French Open has 128 starting competitors, or 2^7

You have 78 players, so the first round would have
39 matches with 39 remaining winners.

So there will have to be some rules stated for byes.
Answered by Katherine
what ????this is so confusin
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