Question

The football league has eight teams. Each team plays the other teams two times during the season. How many games are played?

A 14
B 40
C 56
D 112

Answer 1

Answer: is 56 (C)

Explanation:

If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played? # of different pairs possible from 8 teams is C 8 2 = 28 , since each pair plays twice between each other than total # of games is 2*28=56

Answer 2

Answer: is 56 (C)

Explanation:

If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played? # of different pairs possible from 8 teams is C 8 2 = 28 , since each pair plays twice between each other than total # of games is 2*28=56.