Question

In a knockout tournament, if 9 teams are participating then number of byes in upper half will be:

Options

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

With 9 teams, the next power of 2 is 16, so byes = 7.

Upper half byes = (7 - 1)/2 = 3. Hence 3 is correct.