The eight members of the Ping Pong Paddlers Club have a tournament in which every player plays a game against every other player. How many games are there in the tournament?
well you have the 8 players and they play a game with each person so you take 8 times 8 and you get 64. so there is 64 games in the tournament.
oh, okay. thank you Dusty(:
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Each of the 8 players only plays 7 games.
Dino- Where are you going to take this problem from here?
Multiply?
No.
Draw a diagram showing these games.
What do you find
I keep getting 29.
Yes. 29 is correct.
But 29 is not an option, so I do not know how else to figure it out.
Its B
To determine the number of games in the tournament, we need to consider that each member will play against every other member.
Since there are 8 members, each member will play 7 games (against the other 7 members who are not themselves).
To find the total number of games, we can multiply the number of games each member plays by the number of members: 7 games x 8 members = 56 games.
In conclusion, there will be 56 games in the tournament.