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Mr. Plaggenier divided Camp Greenfield into 5 squads for an athletic scrimmages. Each squad competes against each of the other 4 squads 2 times. The scrimmage lasts 2 hours. If only one pair of teams competes at a time and all of the competitions take the same amount of time, how long is each competitions?

A)6 min.
B) 8 min.
C) 10 min.
D) 12 min.

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Answer: (a)

Explanation:

Given

There are 5 squads for an athletic scrimmages

If each team played 2 matches

Total no of matches will be


\Rightarrow (5(5-1))/(2)* 2=20\ \text{matches}

So, 20 matches are played in 2 hours

Each match takes


\Rightarrow (120)/(20)=6\ \text{minute}

Option (a) is correct.

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