03-01-2014, 22:19
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Division by Pirates
 FRC #0229 (Division by Zero) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Potsdam, NY/Londonderry, NH
Posts: 1,343
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Re: [Ri3D] Robot in 3 Days 2014
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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace
Math quiz: why ten qualifying matches? Apologies again if this one is too easy.  |
Because that gives all possible matchups! If you give each team a number (1 through 6) you get...
1,2,3 vs 4,5,6
1,2,4 vs 3,5,6
1,2,5 vs 3,4,6
1,2,6 vs 3,4,5
1,3,4 vs 2,5,6
1,3,5 vs 2,4,6
1,3,6 vs 2,4,5
1,4,5 vs 2,3,6
1,4,6 vs 2,3,5
1,5,6 vs 2,3,4
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