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1 | 1 | \begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)] |
2 | | -\item There are ${7 \choose 3}$ ways to assign three wins to player $A$. For a |
3 | | -specific combination of three games won by $A$, there are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways |
4 | | -to assign two draws to $A$. There is only one way to assign two losses to $A$ |
5 | | -from the remaining two games, namely, $A$ losses both games. |
6 | | - |
7 | | - $$ {7 \choose 3} \times {4 \choose 2} \times {2 \choose 2} $$ |
8 | | - |
9 | | -\item If $A$ were to draw every game, there would need to be at least $8$ |
10 | | -games for $A$ to obtain $4$ points, so $A$ has to win at least $1$ game. |
11 | | -Similarly, if $A$ wins more than $4$ games, they will have more than $4$ points. |
12 | | - |
13 | | - Case 1: $A$ wins $1$ game and draws $6$. |
14 | | - |
15 | | - This case amounts to selecting $1$ out of $7$ for $A$ to win and assigning a |
16 | | - draw for the other $6$ games. Hence, there are $7$ possibilities. |
| 2 | + \item There are ${7 \choose 3}$ ways to assign three wins to player $A$. For a |
| 3 | + specific combination of three games won by $A$, there are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways |
| 4 | + to assign two draws to $A$. There is only one way to assign two losses to $A$ |
| 5 | + from the remaining two games, namely, $A$ losses both games. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + $$ {7 \choose 3} \times {4 \choose 2} \times {2 \choose 2} $$ |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | + \item If $A$ were to draw every game, there would need to be at least $8$ |
| 10 | + games for $A$ to obtain $4$ points, so $A$ has to win at least $1$ game. |
| 11 | + Similarly, if $A$ wins more than $4$ games, they will have more than $4$ points.\\ |
| 12 | + \\ |
| 13 | + Case 1: $A$ wins $1$ game and draws $6$. |
17 | 14 |
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18 | | - Case 2: $A$ wins $2$ games and draws $4$. |
19 | | - |
20 | | - There are ${7 \choose 2}$ ways to assign $2$ wins to $A$. For each of them, |
21 | | - there are ${5 \choose 4}$ ways to assign four draws to $A$ out of the |
22 | | - remaining $5$ games. Player $B$ wins the remaining game. The total number |
23 | | - of possibilites for this case is ${7 \choose 2} \times {5 \choose 4}$. |
24 | | - |
25 | | - Case 3: $A$ wins $3$ games and draws $2$. |
26 | | - |
27 | | - There are ${7 \choose 3}$ ways to assign $3$ wins to $A$. For each of them, |
28 | | - there are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways to assign two draws to $A$ out of the remaining |
29 | | - $4$ games. $B$ wins the remaining $2$ games. The total number of possibilites |
30 | | - for this case is ${7 \choose 3} \times {4 \choose 2}$. |
31 | | - |
32 | | - Case 4: $A$ wins $4$ games and loses $3$. |
33 | | - |
34 | | - There are ${7 \choose 4}$ ways to assign $4$ wins to $A$. $B$ wins the |
35 | | - remaining $3$ games. |
36 | | - The total number of possibilites for this case is ${7 \choose 4}$. |
37 | | - |
38 | | - Summing up the number of possibilities in each of the cases we get |
39 | | - |
40 | | - $$ {7 \choose 1} + {7 \choose 2} \times {5 \choose 4} + {7 \choose 3} \times |
41 | | - {4 \choose 2} + {7 \choose 4} $$ |
42 | | - |
43 | | -\item If $B$ were to win the last game, that would mean that $A$ had already |
44 | | -obtained $4$ points prior to the last game, so the last game would not be |
45 | | -played at all. Hence, $B$ could not have won the last game. |
46 | | - |
47 | | - Case 1: $A$ wins $3$ out of the first $6$ games and wins the last game. |
48 | | - |
49 | | - There are ${6 \choose 3}$ ways to assign $3$ wins to $A$ out of the first $6$ |
50 | | - games. The other $3$ games end in a draw. The number of possibilities then |
51 | | - is ${6 \choose 3}$. |
52 | | - |
53 | | - Case 2: $A$ wins $2$ and draws $2$ out of the first $6$ games and wins the |
54 | | - last game. |
55 | | - |
56 | | - There are ${6 \choose 2}$ ways to assign $2$ wins to $A$ out of the first |
57 | | - $6$ games. From the $4$ remaining games, there are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways to |
58 | | - assign $2$ draws. The remaining $2$ games are won by $B$. The number of |
59 | | - possibilities is ${6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 2}$. |
| 15 | + This case amounts to selecting $1$ out of $7$ for $A$ to win and assigning a |
| 16 | + draw for the other $6$ games. Hence, there are $7$ possibilities. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + Case 2: $A$ wins $2$ games and draws $4$. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | + There are ${7 \choose 2}$ ways to assign $2$ wins to $A$. For each of them, |
| 21 | + there are ${5 \choose 4}$ ways to assign four draws to $A$ out of the |
| 22 | + remaining $5$ games. Player $B$ wins the remaining game. The total number |
| 23 | + of possibilities for this case is ${7 \choose 2} \times {5 \choose 4}$. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + Case 3: $A$ wins $3$ games and draws $2$. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + There are ${7 \choose 3}$ ways to assign $3$ wins to $A$. For each of them, |
| 28 | + there are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways to assign two draws to $A$ out of the remaining |
| 29 | + $4$ games. $B$ wins the remaining $2$ games. The total number of possibilities |
| 30 | + for this case is ${7 \choose 3} \times {4 \choose 2}$. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + Case 4: $A$ wins $4$ games and loses $3$. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + There are ${7 \choose 4}$ ways to assign $4$ wins to $A$. $B$ wins the |
| 35 | + remaining $3$ games. |
| 36 | + The total number of possibilities for this case is ${7 \choose 4}$. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + Summing up the number of possibilities in each of the cases we get |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + $$ {7 \choose 1} + {7 \choose 2} \times {5 \choose 4} + {7 \choose 3} \times |
| 41 | + {4 \choose 2} + {7 \choose 4} $$ |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + \item If $B$ were to win the last game, that would mean that $A$ had already |
| 44 | + obtained $4$ points prior to the last game, so the last game would not be |
| 45 | + played at all. Hence, $B$ could not have won the last game. |
| 46 | + The last game must have ended in either A winning (case 1) or a draw (case 2).\\ |
| 47 | + \\ |
| 48 | + Case 1: $A$ wins the last game. This means $A$ had 3 points |
| 49 | + after 6 games. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + There are four possibilities for $A$ to earn 3 points in 6 games: |
60 | 52 |
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61 | | - Case 3: The last game ends in a draw. |
| 53 | + \begin{enumerate}[label=1.\arabic*.] |
| 54 | + \item 6 draws |
| 55 | + \item 3 wins and 3 losses |
| 56 | + \item 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses |
| 57 | + \item 1 win, 4 draws, and 1 loss. |
| 58 | + \end{enumerate} |
62 | 59 |
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63 | | - This case implies that $A$ had $3.5$ and $B$ had $2.5$ points by the end of |
64 | | - game $6$. |
| 60 | + Let's calculate the number of possibilities for each of these subcases. |
65 | 61 |
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66 | | - Case 3.1: $A$ wins $3$ and draws $1$ out of the first $6$ games. |
| 62 | + \begin{enumerate}[label=1.\arabic*.] |
| 63 | + \item There is only one way to assign 6 draws to 6 games: The number of possibilities is 1. |
| 64 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 3}$ ways to assign 3 wins to $A$ out of the first 6 games. The remaining 3 games are losses for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 3}$. |
| 65 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 2}$ ways to assign 2 wins to $A$ out of the first 6 games. There are ${4 \choose 2}$ ways to assign 2 draws out of the remaining 4 games. The remaining 2 games are losses for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 2}$. |
| 66 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 1}$ ways to assign 1 win to $A$ out of the first 6 games. There are ${5 \choose 4}$ ways to assign 4 draws out of the remaining 5 games. The remaining game is a loss for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 1} \times {5 \choose 4}$. |
| 67 | + \end{enumerate} |
67 | 68 |
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68 | | - There are ${6 \choose 3}$ ways to assign $3$ wins to $A$ out of the first |
69 | | - $6$ games. There are ${3 \choose 1}$ ways to assign a draw out of the |
70 | | - remaining $3$ games. $B$ wins the other $2$ games. The number of |
71 | | - possibilities is ${6 \choose 3} \times {3 \choose 1}$. |
| 69 | + Case 2: The last game ends in a draw. This means $A$ had 3.5 points after 6 games. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + There are three possibilities for $A$ to earn 3.5 points in 6 games: |
72 | 72 |
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73 | | - Case 3.2: $A$ wins $2$ and draws $3$ out of the first $6$ games. |
74 | | - |
75 | | - There are ${6 \choose 2}$ ways to assign $2$ wins to $A$ out of the |
76 | | - first $6$ games. There are ${4 \choose 3}$ ways to assign $3$ draws out of |
77 | | - the remaining $4$ games. $B$ wins the remaining game. The number of |
78 | | - possibilities is ${6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 3}$. |
| 73 | + \begin{enumerate}[label=2.\arabic*.] |
| 74 | + \item 3 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses |
| 75 | + \item 2 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss |
| 76 | + \item 1 win, 5 draws. |
| 77 | + \end{enumerate} |
79 | 78 |
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80 | | - Case 3.3: $A$ wins $1$ and draws $5$ of the first $6$ games. |
| 79 | + Let's calculate the number of possibilities for each of these subcases. |
81 | 80 |
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82 | | - There are ${6 \choose 1}$ ways to assign a win to $A$ out of the first |
83 | | - $6$ games. |
| 81 | + \begin{enumerate}[label=2.\arabic*.] |
| 82 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 3}$ ways to assign 3 wins to $A$ out of the first 6 games. There are ${3 \choose 1}$ ways to assign 1 draw out of the remaining 3 games. The remaining 2 games are losses for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 3} \times {3 \choose 1}$. |
| 83 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 2}$ ways to assign 2 wins to $A$ out of the first 6 games. There are ${4 \choose 3}$ ways to assign 3 draws out of the remaining 4 games. The remaining game is a loss for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 3}$. |
| 84 | + \item There are ${6 \choose 1}$ ways to assign 1 win to $A$ out of the first 6 games. The remaining 5 games are losses for $A$. The number of possibilities is ${6 \choose 1}$. |
| 85 | + \end{enumerate} |
84 | 86 |
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85 | | - The total number of possibilities then is |
| 87 | + The total number of possibilities then is: |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + $$ 1 + {6 \choose 3} + {6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 2} + {6 \choose 1} \times {5 \choose 4} + {6 \choose 3} \times {3 \choose 1} + {6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 3} + {6 \choose 1} $$ |
86 | 90 |
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87 | | - $$ {6 \choose 3} + {6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 2} + {6 \choose 3} \times |
88 | | - {3 \choose 1} + {6 \choose 2} \times {4 \choose 3} + {6 \choose 1}$$ |
89 | | -\end{enumerate} |
| 91 | + \end{enumerate} |
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