A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a match.
(a) How many players participate in the tournament if 15 matches are totally played?
(b) How many matches are played in the tournament if 50 players totally participate? Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 15,49  B) 16,49  C) 16,48  D) 16,47  E) None of these
(a) u don’t need to sum it up. since it’s a knock out only 1 person emerges winner finally. so15+1= 
<gadget id="calculator">15+1</gadget>
<output>16</output>
16 is answer.because after15 matches finally we shud’ve 15 losers and 1winner.   (b) 49:its always one less than no of players as per the idea given above.so no need to check okay cos its always true.ans is 49   Answer 16,49
<result>B</result>
A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a match.
(a) How many players participate in the tournament if 15 matches are totally played?
(b) How many matches are played in the tournament if 50 players totally participate?