During the recent BrainBashers Football Competition, 5 teams were competing.
Each team played each other just once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
However, the rain damaged the final scoresheet, and this is all that could be read of the final points after all of the matches:
Longton 6
Fenton 5
Blurton 4
Hulton 2
Fulton {?}
Can you work out how many points Fulton ended the season with?
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Answer
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Reasoning
There were 5 teams in the league, and every team played every other, so there were a total of 10 games played:
Longton vs Fenton
Longton vs Blurton
Longton vs Hulton
Longton vs Fulton
Fenton vs Blurton
Fenton vs Hulton
Fenton vs Fulton
Blurton vs Hulton
Blurton vs Fulton
Hulton vs Fulton
We know that 2 points were allocated for each game played. Which means that there were a total of 20 points over the 10 games.
Since the given results add to 17, the remaining 3 points belong to Fulton.
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