If each participant of a chess tournament plays exactly one game with each of the remaining participants, then 136 games will be played during the tournament. Find the number of participants.
Select: A) 15 B) 16 C) 17 D) 18 E) 19
Let P be the number of participants.   P172 = 136   (P)(P-1) = 272 = 17*16   P = 17   The answer is 17.
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If each participant of a chess tournament plays exactly one game with each of the remaining participants, then 136 games will be played during the tournament. Find the number of participants.