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The Tournament (2009) IMDB rating: 6.80 Plot: Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.

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Actors: Adkins Scott,Anichkin Harry,Binev Velizar,Carlyle Robert,Conway Craig,Craig Thomas,Cunningham Liam,Fellows Bill,Foucan Sebastien,Goldberg Iddo,Jones Oliver,Kamburov Siso,Kenyon Chris,Kenyon Rob,Lynch John,Action,

How many games must be played to determine the tournament winner?
In a basketball tournament, each team plays until it loses a game, then it is out of the tournament. If 64 teams are in the tournament at the start, how many games must be played to determine the tournament winner?

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You pair up the teams:

64 teams > 32 games

That eliminates 32 teams. So you have 32 left. Pair them up:

32 teams > 16 games

That eliminates half again. Keep it up:

16 teams > 8 games

8 teams > 4 games

4 teams > 2 games

2 teams > 1 game

After that, you are of course done (one team left).

The total is:

32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 63.

This is actually related to a rule in mathematics:

2^(n-1) + 2^(n-2) + …. + 4 + 2 + 1 = 2^n - 1

But it’s more obvious than that! Just think. How many teams need to be eliminated to have one left? All but one. That requires one game per team to be eliminated.

So to eliminate 63 teams, you need 63 games.

cheeser1 | Jan 03, 2009

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djayjared | Jan 03, 2009