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Sixteen teams – A through P – participated in the Hockey World Cup,2013. The tournament was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the teams were divided into two groups – teams A to H in group 1 and teams I to P in group 2. In the first stage, each team in a group played exactly one match against every other team in that group. At the end of the first stage, the top four teams from each group advanced to the second stage while the rest got eliminated. The second stage comprised three rounds – Quarterfinals, Semi-finals and Finals. A round involves one match for each team. The winner of a match in a round advanced to the next round, while the loser got eliminated. The team that remains undefeated in the second stage was declared the winner of the tournament.
At the end of the first stage, top four teams in each group were determined on the basis of total number of matches won by individual teams; in case, two or more teams in a group were ended up with the same number of wins, ties were resolved by a series of complex tiebreaking rules to determine the top four positions. The teams qualifying for the second stage from group 1 were A, B, C and D and those from group 2 were I, J, K and L. No match in the tournament ended in a draw/tie.
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Q. The value of the total of number of matches won, in the first stage, by teams A, B, C and D together could not be more than.
  • a)
    24
  • b)
    22
  • c)
    21
  • d)
    20
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Four teams cannot have six wins each hence maximum number of matches won in the first stage by teams A, B, C and D together would be 22
Possible case for number of wins: 2 1 1 2 4 6 6 6.
Required number = 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 22.
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Four teams cannot have six wins each hence maximum number of matches won in the first stage by teams A, B, C and D together would be 22
Possible case for number of wins: 2 1 1 2 4 6 6 6.
Required number = 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 22.
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Calculation of Total Number of Matches Won
First, let's calculate the total number of matches won by teams A, B, C, and D in the first stage of the tournament.

Matches won by each team:
- Team A: x
- Team B: y
- Team C: z
- Team D: w

Total number of matches won:
Total = x + y + z + w

Given Conditions:
- Only top four teams from each group advanced to the second stage.
- Teams A, B, C, and D advanced from Group 1 to the second stage.

Constraints:
- The maximum number of matches each team can win in the first stage is 3 (each team plays one match against every other team in the group).

Analysis:
- Since only the top four teams from each group advance, teams A, B, C, and D must have won the most matches in Group 1.
- The maximum number of matches each team can win is 3.
- Therefore, the maximum total number of matches won by teams A, B, C, and D together is 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12.

Conclusion:
- The value of the total number of matches won by teams A, B, C, and D together could not be more than 12.
- Option (b) 22 is incorrect as the maximum total number of matches won is 12, not 22.
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