@Vishwakarma it is now ok that 11 should be the answer, but why any 4 teams cannot win 12 matches in total...
for that they have to score 12*4 = 48 points out of 56. then wats the problem. i know how it is coming 11 now, but i am replying back for the doubt i have in a line u just mentioned in your post... :) On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 7:23 AM, vishwakarma <vishwakarma.ii...@gmail.com>wrote: > @Arpit .... > > Any four team cannot win 12 matches in total. > ...Rishabh is wid right answer that is ( " 11 " ). > > Hence any team winning its any 11 out of 14 matches ensures its entry > to semis. > But not below 11 its entry to semi will depend on other team > performance. > > > On May 27, 7:11 pm, Arpit Mittal <mrmittalro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @rishabh : > > > > in your solution u have taken scores of last 4 teams as 6 4 2 0. what if > i > > take 2 2 2 2 then the ans would be 56-(2+2+2+2)/4 = 12...!!! > > > > and i can also take the scores of last 4 teams as 6 4 4 2 then the ans > would > > be > > 56-(6+4+4+2)/4 = 10!!! > > > > so how you can say it would be 11? > > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Rishabh Maurya <poofiefoo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No , you are wrong .. problem statement says how many matches should > a > > > teams win to ensure its qualification , their no word like minimum or > > > maximum ... > > > 8 gets wrong if following situation arises > > > > > 1 -> 9 > > > 2 -> 9 > > > 3 -> 9 > > > 4 -> 9 > > > 5 -> 8 > > > 6 -> 6 > > > 7 -> 4 > > > 8 -> 2 > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group.> To post to this group, send email > toalgoge...@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. > > > > -- > > -Arpit Mittal > > 6th Semester, > > Indian Institute of Information Technology,Allahabad > > Email : arpitmittal.ii...@gmail.com > > rit2008...@iiita.ac.in > > Contact : +91-8853049787 > > > > Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. > > -- > 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. > > -- -Arpit Mittal 6th Semester, Indian Institute of Information Technology,Allahabad Email : arpitmittal.ii...@gmail.com rit2008...@iiita.ac.in Contact : +91-8853049787 Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. -- 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.