Question

What is the formula to divide and old number of teams in the upper half of a knockout fixture.

(1) N+1/2
(2) N -1/2
(3) N( N-1)/2
(4) N (N+1)/2​

Answer 1

Explanation:

What is the formula to divide and old number of teams in the upper half of a knockout fixture.

(1) N+1/2

(2) N -1/2

(3) N( N-1)/2

(4) N (N+1)/2

Answer 2

Given:

number of teams=odd

To find:

formula to divide an odd number of teams in the upper half of a knockout fixture

Solution:

Byes in a knockout tournament are generally distributed from last to first.

Hence, we can write the formula for dividing an odd number of teams in the upper half of a knockout tournament as follows

$\frac{N+1}{2}$

where N is the total number of teams and is odd

Hence the correct option is (1) $\frac{N+1}{2}$