There is a single elimination checkers tournament, meaning when one player loses, they are out of the tournament. There are 50 players in the tournament, how many games are played?	Pick one:
A) 49
B) 25
C) 20
D) 10
E) 5
A   The number of games always adds up to one less than the number of players in a single elimination tournament. You may calculate it any way. Therefore, 49 games were played.
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There is a single elimination checkers tournament, meaning when one player loses, they are out of the tournament. There are 50 players in the tournament, how many games are played?