Simpler. Every game eliminates one participant. Since 5,622 participants must be eliminated to have one winner, it takes 5,622 games.
Dave On Feb 24, 5:43 pm, bittu <shashank7andr...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you had 5,623 participants in a tournament, how many games would > need to be played to determine the winner > > According to me if Tournament strategy is is used then i think its > ok... > > After each round, you would have half the number that started the > previous round; except if it were an odd number it would he half + 1. > So 13 rounds. > > 2812 1 > 1406 2 > 703 3 > 352 4 > 176 5 > 88 6 > 44 7 > 22 8 > 11 9 > 6 10 > 3 11 > 2 12 > 1 13 > > Correct me if i am wrong > Some Discussion Needed..??? > > Thanks > Shashank >> "The Best Way to Escape From The Problem is to Solve It" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
