Question

In Knockout tournament if the total number of teams is odd, then number of teams in the lower half is calculated by:

Options

• n + 1

• n - 1

• n/2

• (n - 1)/2

Answer 1

(n - 1)/2

Explanation:

For an odd number of teams, the lower half gets (n - 1)/2 teams and the upper half gets (n + 1)/2. Hence (n - 1)/2 is correct.