Ah! sorry. This combination is not possible. It will be 10,10,10,10,10,4,2,0. So, the answer is 11.
On May 27, 10:10 pm, L <prnk.bhatna...@gmail.com> wrote: > The worst case will occur when 5 teams have the same number of wins. > As only 4 can qualify, one team with the same number of points will > not be able to qualify. > > <Team.> <Wins> > 1. 11 > 2. 11 > 3. 11 > 4. 11 > 5. 11 > 6. 1 > 7. 0 > 8. 0 > > In this scenario, a team with 11 points will not be able to qualify. > So, to ensure that it is in the finals a team should win 12 matches. > > On May 27, 6:06 pm, Rishabh Maurya <poofiefoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > suppose bottom 4 teams have won least matches and upper 4 teams have won > > equal number of matches ... > > > 1 -> x > > 2 -> x > > 3 -> x > > 4 -> x > > > 5 -> 6 > > 6 -> 4 > > 7 -> 2 > > 8 -> 0 > > > total matches are 56 > > and let upper four teams have won x matches each > > > so x = (56-(6+4+2+0))/4 > > x = 11 > > > so in this way to ensure qualification to semi finals team must win 11 > > matches ... -- 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.