There are 8 teams in a certain league and each team plays each of the other teams exactly once. If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 28
D. 56
E. 64
Answer: C
Source: Official Guide
5-Day Free Trial
5-day free, full-access trial TTP
Available with Beat the GMAT members only code
MORE DETAILS
There are 8 teams in a certain league and each team plays each of the other teams exactly once. If each game is played
This topic has expert replies
-
Gmat_mission
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 1622
- Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:22 am
- Followed by:2 members
Timer
00:00
Your Answer
A
B
C
D
E
Global Stats
GMAT/MBA Expert
-
Brent@GMATPrepNow
- GMAT Instructor
- Posts: 16207
- Joined: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:26 pm
- Location: Vancouver, BC
- Thanked: 5254 times
- Followed by:1268 members
- GMAT Score:770
There are 8 teams. If we ask each team, "How many teams did you play?" we'll find that each team played 7 teams, which gives us a total of 56 games (since 8 x 7 = 56).Gmat_mission wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:06 pmThere are 8 teams in a certain league and each team plays each of the other teams exactly once. If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 28
D. 56
E. 64
Answer: C
Source: Official Guide
From here we need to recognize that each game has been COUNTED TWICE.
For example, if Team A and Team B play a game, then Team A counts it as a game, and Team B ALSO counts it as a game.
So, to account for the DUPLICATION, we'll divide 56 by 2 to get 28
Answer: C
Cheers,
Brent
Brent Hanneson - Creator of GMATPrepNow.com
