Tennis Championship | 17 Sep 2009

128

 

256

 

u don,t need to sum it up.since it,s a knock out only 1 person emerges winner finally.so255+1=256is answer.becos after255 matches finally we shud,ve 255losers and 1winner.

 

256.

1-2
2-4
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255-256

 

257

 

we take example of 4 players
since it's a knowck out: he who loses, quits
a-b = a wins, b loses
c-d = c wins, d loses

a-c = a wins, c loses

so in this, 3 matches were played in which 3 players lost and 1 was the winner
OR, no of players = no of matches (= no of losers) + 1 winner
so, 256 players played 255 matches, out of which 255 players lost and 1 was the ultimate winner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament

 

Congratz nimesh :happy:

 

Thanks Saswat

I think Sameer has gone with the wind :lol:

 

I don't know shabbir if you have a memory problem.

The simple explanation is u don,t need to sum it up.since it,s a knock out only 1 person emerges winner finally.so255+1=256is answer.becos after255 matches finally we shud,ve 255losers and 1winner.

And i think that is simple to understand, if not, i can't help, sorry.

 

As far as I know, he doesn't have

I guess out of these 2 lines, the explanation part is : "becos after255 matches finally we shud,ve 255losers and 1winner."
And, I don't consider that an explanation because you have directly concluded things, not "explained" them (see nimesh's answer).

Yeah, it's simple enough to understand, but was it "hard to explain" ??

 

He wasn't explaining now.
He had already posted that explanation here.

But the question is, if that explanation is acceptable ...

 

So who's the winner here?

 

don't know.....is der any rule which says...........if admin can't understand........(then what to do?) Lolzz

 

I think that's acceptable, but depends on Shabbir

I did not saw that post earlier :lol:

no, it's not on the admin, it's on the original poster OP, but since this question was posted by Shabbir, it depends on him.

@Shabbir: Can we have the winner?
This question is of 17th and today is 20th, but no decision as of yet?