basket ball team
Submitted by lana on 11. February 2007 - 7:43
Suppose the number of teams competing in a sports league is x. In this league each team plays each other team twice. The total number G of games to be played is given by the equation G = x2 – x. A men's basketball league has a total of 16 teams. How many games will be played during the season?
We are given that if number
G = x2 – x
Now we have number of teams x = 16 so putting this value in the above expression will give us number of games G = 162 -16= 16(16-1)
=16*15
=240 Games