There are 14, 539 competitors taking part in a
single-elimination chess tournament. How many games need to be played to
find the winner? (In the case of a stalemate or a draw, the winner is decided
by the toss of a coin.)

Question

There are 14, 539 competitors taking part in a
single-elimination chess tournament. How many games need to be played to
find the winner? (In the case of a stalemate or a draw, the winner is decided
by the toss of a coin.)

anonymous · Answer

Depends on what u understand of being a player. Some everytime smoler part of a human body or human body with some more of other person. If it is the first one, then its infinite, if the second then $$\max (n) | 14,539/2^{n} >1$$ which would be 4

mathmagician · Answer

wrong

anonymous · Answer

is that comma for decimal part or for 1000?

mathmagician · Answer

for thousands of course

anonymous · Answer

then 1 player resigns, and the tournament can start

mathmagician · Answer

ok, if so, then how many games does it take to find the winner? :D

anonymous · Answer

ok... prime factors of your nummber are 14539 = 7 x 31 x 67. So dificult to make turnament of 1 vs1 , buit could make 7 vs 7 team games.

mathmagician · Answer

wrong, it is possible to make a tournament 1 vs 1 and it is NOT hard :)