sandy wrote:
In a series of races, 10 toy cars are raced, 2 cars at a time. If each car must race each of the other cars exactly twice, how many races must be held?
(A) 40
(B) 90
(C) 100
(D) 180
(E) 200
Here total of 10 cars with 2 cars race at a time
so the total possibility will be 10C2 = 40
Now each car must race twice, then the total race = 45 * 2 =90 races.
Moreoevr another approach is -
Since there are 10 cars and each of them race against 9 cars(since the tenth car cannot race against itself) for twice = 10 * 9 * 2 =180.
But there are two cars common so total races will be = \(\frac{180}{2}\) =90 races