Instructions:4 Chess tournaments were held all over the world last year and in each tournament 128 chess players participated. Players who participated in the 1st tournament are same for other tournaments. At the end of these four tournaments, world championship is held that consists of 32 players. These 32 players are selected on the basis of total number of wins the 128 players got in the four tournaments. Each of the games in the tournaments (including the world championship) is a knockout game i.e. a person who loses a game will not play in that tournament again. The person who wins the last round in any tournament is called the winner of that tournament. If 31 slots of the 32 slots in the world championship tournament are filled and to fill the 32nd spot there is a tie between few players, exactly one of those players is selected based on certain criteria (like coin toss).Which of the following is the least number of wins that the winner of the world championship can have?a)11b)10c)9d)7Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

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4 Chess tournaments were held all over the world last year and in each tournament 128 chess players participated. Players who participated in the 1st tournament are same for other tournaments. At the end of these four tournaments, world championship is held that consists of 32 players. These 32 players are selected on the basis of total number of wins the 128 players got in the four tournaments. Each of the games in the tournaments (including the world championship) is a knockout game i.e. a person who loses a game will not play in that tournament again. The person who wins the last round in any tournament is called the winner of that tournament. If 31 slots of the 32 slots in the world championship tournament are filled and to fill the 32nd spot there is a tie between few players, exactly one of those players is selected based on certain criteria (like coin toss).
Which of the following is the least number of wins that the winner of the world championship can have?

a)
11
b)
10
c)
9
d)
7

Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

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To win the world championship, a player must win all the five matches in that tournament.
In the four preceding tournaments there are 128 players.
So in an individual tournament.
64 will win 0 match.
32 will win 1 match.
16 will win 2 matches.
8 will win 3 matches.
4 will win 4 matches
2 will win 5 matches.
1 (finalist) will win 6 matches.
1 (champion) will win 7 matches.
There are 31 places which are already confirmed and 97 players are for the 32nd position.
We must maximize the number of matches won by the other 31 players
⇒ remaining 97 players must win least number of matches.
In the first tounament
Thus for 97 players, 64 will win 0 matches 32 will win 1 match and the remaining 1 player will win 2 matches.
n the first tournament total number of matches won by these 97 players= 64x0+32x1+1x2= 34 wins
In all the 4 tournaments total number of wins will be 4x34=136
There are 97 players, so they will distribute victories among themselves. As 136/97=1.402 some players can have 2 wins and others will have 1 win.
Suppose X players win 2 matches and Y win only 1 match.
So X+Y=97
2X+Y=136
X= 39
Y=58
So 39 players have 2 wins, and 58 players will have 1 win.
Among these players one will be selected for the world championship based on certain criteria.
Hence minimum number of wins required = 5 + 2 = 7

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Number of Wins Required to Win the World Championship:
In order to determine the least number of wins that the winner of the world championship can have, we need to consider the structure of the tournaments leading up to the world championship.

Structure of Tournaments:
- 4 chess tournaments were held with 128 players participating in each.
- Players who participated in the 1st tournament are the same for all tournaments.
- At the end of the four tournaments, a world championship is held with 32 players selected based on total number of wins.
- Each game is a knockout game, where the loser is eliminated.

Determining the Least Number of Wins:
To calculate the least number of wins that the winner of the world championship can have, we need to consider the scenario where the winner wins all their games up to the final. In this case, they would have:
- Won the 1st tournament with 128 wins.
- Won the 2nd tournament with 64 wins remaining.
- Won the 3rd tournament with 32 wins remaining.
- Won the 4th tournament with 16 wins remaining.
Therefore, the winner of the world championship would have at least 16 wins before entering the world championship. This means that the least number of wins the winner can have is 16-1=15, as they would have to win one final game in the world championship to be crowned the overall winner.

Conclusion:
The least number of wins that the winner of the world championship can have is 15, which corresponds to option 'D' (7) in the given choices.

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