Re: Infinite number of football teams
From: steven (stevenPANTSvh_at_pandora.be)
Date: 11/27/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:08:59 GMT
"David Mooney" <dmooney@atmc.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, this is my first post to this ng. I have a question that was posed to
me
> by my nephew. It goes something like this...
>
> There is an infinite number of football teams that play in a
> single-elimination tournament. All even numbered teams play an odd number
> team in the first round. The winners eliminate the losers then they in
turn
> play one another and eliminate another half. This goes on hundreds, if not
> thusands, of times. When is there less than an infinite amount of teams?
If
> there is always an infinite amount of teams no matter how many rounds are
> played, how do we know since an infinite amount has been eliminated?
>
> Can someone who is more knowledgeable on this answer this?
>
> thanks,
> David M
>
Please don't post your questions in other people's threads. It's not nice as
it messes up the thread and your question is more likely to go unnoticed,
too.
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