A wrestling tournament has 256 players. Each match includes 2 players. The winner each match will play another winner in the next round. The tournament is single elimination, so no one will wrestle after they lose. The 2 players that are undefeated play in the final game, and the winner of this match wins the entire tournament. How would you determine the winner? Here is one algorithm to answer this question. Compute 256/2 = 128 to get the number of pairs (matches) in the first round, which results in 128 winners to go on to the second round. Compute 128/2 = 64, which results in 64 matches in the second round and 64 winners, to go on to the third round. For the third round compute 64/2 = 32, so the third round has 64 matches, and so on. The total number of matches is 128 + 64 + 32+ .... Finish this process to find the total number of matches.
A wrestling tournament has 256 players. Each match includes 2 players. The winner each match will play another winner in the next round. The tournament is single elimination, so no one will wrestle after they lose. The 2 players that are undefeated play in the final game, and the winner of this match wins the entire tournament. How would you determine the winner?
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