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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 one needs to enter the world championship?
  • a)
    1
  • b)
    2
  • c)
    3
  • d)
    4
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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To minimize the number of matches won by that player, we must maximize the number of matches won by the other 31 players => remaining 97 players must win least number of matches
In every round, 64 players win at least one match and 64 players win 0 matches.
Let the person who entered the world championship with least number of wins be X.
In the first tournament, of the 64 members who win at least one match, 32 players win exactly 1 match, 31 players win more than won match and X wins 2 matches.
From the second tournament to the fourth tournament, different 32 players win exactly 1 match and X won 0 matches.
From this we can say that after all the four tournaments, 31 players won maximum number of matches, and a few others, along with X, won exactly 2 matches.
Of these people who won exactly 2 matches, X was selected for the world championship based on certain criteria.
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Instructions:4 Chess tournaments were held all over the world last yea...
To minimize the number of matches won by that player, we must maximize the number of matches won by the other 31 players => remaining 97 players must win least number of matches
In every round, 64 players win at least one match and 64 players win 0 matches.
Let the person who entered the world championship with least number of wins be X.
In the first tournament, of the 64 members who win at least one match, 32 players win exactly 1 match, 31 players win more than won match and X wins 2 matches.
From the second tournament to the fourth tournament, different 32 players win exactly 1 match and X won 0 matches.
From this we can say that after all the four tournaments, 31 players won maximum number of matches, and a few others, along with X, won exactly 2 matches.
Of these people who won exactly 2 matches, X was selected for the world championship based on certain criteria.
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Minimum Number of Wins to Enter World Championship:
- In each of the four tournaments, there are a total of 128 players participating.
- After the four tournaments, the top 32 players with the most wins will qualify for the world championship.
- Therefore, in order to secure a spot in the world championship, a player needs to be within the top 32 in terms of total wins.
- Since each tournament has 128 players, the minimum number of wins needed to be in the top 32 would be 2 wins.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 'B', which is 2 wins.
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