There are 5 chess amateurs playing in Villa's chess club tournament. If each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs, what is the total numbers of chess games possible to be played in the tournament?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 60
E) 120
The OA is A.
I'm confused with this PS question. Please, can any expert assist me with it? Thanks in advanced.
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Hi LUANDATO,
We're told that there are 5 chess amateurs playing in a tournament and that each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs (meaning that each amateur plays each of the other amateurs once). We're asked for the total numbers of chess games played in the tournament. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways. Since the number of chess players is so small, you might find it easiest to just list out the possible matches:
Let's call the chess players A, B, C, D and E
Since each amateur plays each other amateur just once, the matches would be...
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
10 total matches
Final Answer: A
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We're told that there are 5 chess amateurs playing in a tournament and that each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs (meaning that each amateur plays each of the other amateurs once). We're asked for the total numbers of chess games played in the tournament. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways. Since the number of chess players is so small, you might find it easiest to just list out the possible matches:
Let's call the chess players A, B, C, D and E
Since each amateur plays each other amateur just once, the matches would be...
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
10 total matches
Final Answer: A
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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since in every game are there two players hence number of games would be 5C2=5!/3!2!=10LUANDATO wrote:There are 5 chess amateurs playing in Villa's chess club tournament. If each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs, what is the total numbers of chess games possible to be played in the tournament?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 60
E) 120
The OA is A.
I'm confused with this PS question. Please, can any expert assist me with it? Thanks in advanced.
hence option A
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There are 5 players altogether.LUANDATO wrote:There are 5 chess amateurs playing in Villa's chess club tournament. If each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs, what is the total numbers of chess games possible to be played in the tournament?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 60
E) 120
If you ask any chess player, "How many people did you play chess against?", he/she will say 4.
So, the TOTAL number of games played = (5)(4) = 20
But wait, we have counted every game TWICE. For example, Player A counted his/her game with Player D, and Player D counted his/her game with Player A.
To account for this duplication, we must divide 20 by 2 to get 10.
Answer: A
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Hi LUANDATO,
We're told that there are 5 chess amateurs playing in a chess club tournament and each chess amateur plays with EXACTLY 4 other amateurs (meaning that each player plays each other player once). We're asked for the total numbers of chess games played in the tournament. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways - and since the number of chess players is so SMALL, you can simply list out all of the possible games.
Let's call the chess players A, B, C, D and E.
The games played would be....
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
Ten total games.
Final Answer: A
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
We're told that there are 5 chess amateurs playing in a chess club tournament and each chess amateur plays with EXACTLY 4 other amateurs (meaning that each player plays each other player once). We're asked for the total numbers of chess games played in the tournament. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways - and since the number of chess players is so SMALL, you can simply list out all of the possible games.
Let's call the chess players A, B, C, D and E.
The games played would be....
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
Ten total games.
Final Answer: A
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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The total number of games is 5C2 =(5 x 4)/2! = 10 games.BTGmoderatorLU wrote:There are 5 chess amateurs playing in Villa's chess club tournament. If each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs, what is the total numbers of chess games possible to be played in the tournament?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 60
E) 120
The OA is A.
I'm confused with this PS question. Please, can any expert assist me with it? Thanks in advanced.
Answer: A
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