Question

if 32 teams participate in a standard single elimination tournament, how many games must be played to decide who is the champion?

Answer 1

5 because you just divide by 2 until you get to 1.

Answer 2

f(x) = 32 * 1/2^5 is your function. Use a table to find the rounds it takes to find a champion. Put that number in x and simplify.

Answer 3

Doesn't single elimination mean one team is eliminated per game? You need to eliminate every time but one to find the winner, so 31 games must be played.

Answer 4

Each team has to play another team, so one team is eliminated for each pair of teams.