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Revision as of 18:38, 22 December 2024
Problem
A baseball league consists of two four-team divisions. Each team plays every other team in its division 
games. Each team plays every team in the other division 
games with 
and 
. Each team plays a 
game schedule. How many games does a team play within its own division?
Solution 1
On one team they play 
games in their division and 
games in the other. This gives 
.
Since we start by trying M=5. This doesn't work because 
is not divisible by 
.
Next, 
does not work because 
is not divisible by .
We try 
does work by giving 
,
and thus 
games in their division.
seems to work, until we realize this gives 
, but so this will not work.
Solution 2
, giving 
.
Since , we have 
.
Since is 
, we must have equal to , so .
This gives 
, as desired. The answer is 
.
See Also
These problems are copyrighted © by the Mathematical Association of America, as part of the American Mathematics Competitions. 
games. Each team plays every team in the other division 
games with 
and 
. Each team plays a 
game schedule. How many games does a team play within its own division?
games in their division and 
games in the other. This gives 
.
is not divisible by 
.
does not work because 
is not divisible by 
does work by giving 
,
and thus 
games in their division.
seems to work, until we realize this gives 
, but 
, giving 
.
Since 
.
Since 
, we must have 
, as desired. The answer is 
.
