Two women and some men participated in a chess tournament in which every participant played two games with…

Two women and some men participated in a chess tournament in which every participant played two games with each of the other participants. If the number of games that the men played between them-selves exceeds the number of games that the men played with the women by 66, then the number of men who participated in the tournament lies in the interval
  1. (11,13]
  2. (14,17)
  3. [10,12)
  4. [8,9]

Solution

Let the number of men participating in tournament =m.

Number of women participating in tournament =2.

Each player will play 2 games with every other player and two women will play 2 games with each man.

Total numbers of games played by women =2×2m=4m

Total number of games played by men =2·mC2

From given data

2· mC2-4m=66

2mm-12-4m=66

m2-5m-66=0

m-11m+6=0

m=11 or -6 but mN, m-6

m10,12.

Asked in: JEE Main 2014 (19 Apr Online)

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