Friday, February 3, 2012

If there are eight teams in a single elimination basketball tournament, how many games must a team win to win?

If there are eight teams in a single elimination basketball tournament, how many games must a team win to win the tournament?If there are eight teams in a single elimination basketball tournament, how many games must a team win to win?
3 (quarterfinals, semifinals, finals)If there are eight teams in a single elimination basketball tournament, how many games must a team win to win?
Nicky250 has it right. Mathematically this problem boils down to:



x = log base 2 of 8

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