Question
For a trophy, 16 teams participate, numbered 1-16
according to their rankings. In the qualifier matches, the teams face their immediate next lower ranked team. e.g. team-1 plays team 2, team-3 plays team-4 and so on. It has been observed that the lower ranked team always wins. Which two teams might play a semi-final match?Solution
Matches are played between 1 Vs 2, 3 Vs 4, 5 Vs 6, 7 Vs 8, 9 Vs 10, 11 Vs 12, 13 Vs 14, 15 Vs 16 Lower ranked team always wins. For eg- In Team-1 Vs team-2 match team-2 wins So 1-2-Team 2 wins 3-4-Team 4 wins 5-6-Team 6 wins 7-8-Team 8 wins 9-10-Team 10 wins 11-12-Team 12 wins 13-14-Team 14 wins 15-16 Team 16 wins Thus 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 wins Again matches are played between 2 Vs 4, 6 Vs 8, 10 Vs 12 14 Vs 16 24-Team 4 wins 68-Team 8 wins 10-12-Team 12 wins 14-16-Team 16 wins Lower ranks wins that is-4, 8, 12, 16 ie we have 4 teams which play semifinal. So semis played between-4 and 8, 12 and 16 4 B-Team 8 wins 12 > 16-Team 16 wins Thus Team 12 and team-16 will play semifinal since team-4 and team-8 is not given in options.
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54, 58, 67, 92, 173, 262
Find the wrong number in the given number series.
13, 20, 31, 44, 62, 80
- Find the wrong number in the given number series.
5, 30, 255, 860, 2105, 4130 Find the wrong number in the given number series.
334, 301, 271, 251, 239, 233
Find the wrong number in the given number series.
3, 7, 22, 89, 445, 2677120, 240, 80, 320, 60, 384
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