Question

A. Find the totals for each team after two games.

b. If the winner is the team with the greater score, which team is winning after two games?
c. Would the results be any different after all four games? Why or why not?

Answer 1

A.
Team 1: (1) + (-3) = 1 - 3 = -2
Team 2: (4) + (-5) = 4 - 5 = -1
B.
Team 2 is winning after two games, as -1 is greater than -2.
C.
Team 1: (-3) + (1) + (-4) + 4 = -2
Team 2: (4) + (-5) + (9) + (-9) = -1
No, the results would be the exact same. This is because both Team 1 and Team 2 got scores in game 3 and game 4 that add up to a total of 0, so the only scores that affected the final scores are that from Game 1 and Game 2.

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