2018 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest II Problems/Problem 6

Problem

A round robin chess tournament took place between $16$ players. In such a tournament, each player plays each of the other players exactly once. A win results in a score of $1$ for the player, a loss results in a score of $-1$ for the player and a tie results in a score of $0$. If at least $75$ percent of the games result in a tie, show that at least two of the players have the same score at the end of the tournament.


Solution

See also

2018 UNM-PNM Contest II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 5
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Problem 7
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