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Better Than The Best
Four men want to form two doubles teams for tennis. The four men have only this advice from their coach which they MUST follow when forming teams:
In order to have a great team, you need to play with a partner better than yourself.
The four men are:
Ted - The Worst
John - Second Worst
Juano - Second Best
Kuwatcha - The Best
How many different combinations of teams can they form?
In order to have a great team, you need to play with a partner better than yourself.
The four men are:
Ted - The Worst
John - Second Worst
Juano - Second Best
Kuwatcha - The Best
How many different combinations of teams can they form?
Hint
No simple math equation can solve this one. Go one by one.Answer
None, no matter how you put the teams together they will not follow the rule.Example: Ted and John, Ted does have a partner better than himself but John doesn't.
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