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• edge

  

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  Mar 24, 2009, 7:09 pm

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  In response to RJOh

  Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Mar 21, 2009

  The following was in THE MATH FORUM - ASK DR.MATH
  http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56223.html

  From: Doctor Paul
  Subject: Re: NCAA tournament possibilities

  First notice that the 64 teams play 63 total games: 32 games in the
  first round, 16 in the second round, 8 in the 3rd round, 4 in the
  regional finals, 2 in the final four, and then the national
  championship game.

  32+16+8+4+2+1= 63

  Now let's answer an easier question.

  If there were four teams, and they played three games, how many
  different ways would there be to fill out a bracket?  You can write
  them down. There are only eight of them. Where do that eight come
  from?  Well, there are three games, and you have two possible choices
  for each game. Hence, 2^3 = 8 possibilities.

  Now back to the real tournament. Since there are 63 games to be
  played, and you have two choices at each stage in your bracket, there
  are 2^63 different ways to fill out the bracket.

  2^63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808

  That's more than nine quintillion possibilities.

  "That's more than nine quintillion possibilities." - where do I sign up:) lol

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• pumpi76

  

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  i don't know anything about NCAA nor do i know what NCAA stands for but i think it stands for college basketball....I don't even know what a bracket is....

  But my question is, do they let you pick more than one choice? How are they going to offer it to people when Sport Gambling becomes a reality in the USA...

  They should offer 100 million dollars to whoever gets a perfect bracket or whatever....

  But what i am thinking is it couldn't be too too hard because is a no or yes option of each match..A team either wins or loses, while the lottery is either no or yes 27 times [even/odd numbers] plus yes or no 10 times [high ending digits/low ending digits], and it will leave you with 10 numbers....

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