Singles table tennis tournament is held at Infosys, a total of 32 players participated in the tournament. If a player is eliminated as soon as the player loses a match. How many matches are required to declare the winner?
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Solution 1:
Lets say first player is the best player and he will win all the matches, now assume he plays match against all others and defeat them, thus a total of 31 matches will be required for him to do so.
Lets say first player is the best player and he will win all the matches, now assume he plays match against all others and defeat them, thus a total of 31 matches will be required for him to do so.
Solution 2:
Lets say we first have 16 matches, it will eliminate 16 persons.
Next we have 8 matches it will further eliminate 8 persons, leaving with us 8.
Next we again have 4 matches, leaving 4 persons.
Next 2 matches, leaving two finalists, and 1 match in finalist will decide the winner.
Thus a total of 16+8+4+2+1 = 31 matches will be needed to declare the winner.
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