Team Win Loss A 4 0 B 0 4 C 3 1 D 2 2 E 0 4 F 3 1
Which of the two teams have certainly NOT played with each other?
Tournament Match Analysis
In a round-robin tournament setting, the win/loss records provide crucial information about the matches played.
Consider the implications of a team having a record of 0 Wins and 4 Losses:
- This signifies that the team lost every single match it participated in.
- In this specific case, both Team B and Team E have records of 0 Wins and 4 Losses.
If two teams, say Team B and Team E, had played against each other:
- One team would have had to win the match.
- The other team would have had to lose the match.
- This would result in the winning team having at least 1 win and the losing team having at least 1 loss.
Since both Team B and Team E have 0 wins recorded, it is impossible for them to have played each other. If they had met, the winner would have recorded a win, contradicting their zero-win status.
Therefore, Teams B and E must have played their four matches against other opponents (Teams A, C, D, and F).
Conclusion
Based on the win/loss records, the pair of teams that certainly have NOT played with each other is B and E.
This corresponds to Option D.
Important Questions from Puzzle (Notes)
- Four individuals - P, Q, R and S - are suspects in a theft case. They make the following statements :
P says: "Q is guilty."
Q says: "R is guilty."
R says: "P is innocent."
S says: "I am innocent"
If it is known that exactly one of them is guilty, and only the guilty person lies (all innocent people tell the truth), then who is the guilty one? - In which company, C's interview was scheduled?
- Who went to Nagpur?
- What is the sum of the digits of the number Q?
- What is the sum of A and Q if A is smaller than B?
