probability teaser

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What are the mathematical chances of :

a football league comprising of 16 teams, the 1st round of the league cup is drawn where the following teams were pitch against each other.

team 1 v team 2
team 3 v team 4
team 5 v team 6
team 7 v team 8
team 9 v team 10
team 11 v team 12
team 13 v team 14
team 15 v team 16

what are the chances of this happening as compared to eg team 1 v team 16



Reply from leakywelly User Rating:  2550 Knowledge Tokens
16 to 1
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Reply from toddsteppenwolf User Rating:  2640 Knowledge Tokens
30 to 1
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Reply from leakywelly User Rating:  2550 Knowledge Tokens
64 to 1
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Reply from leakywelly User Rating:  2550 Knowledge Tokens
ow bowt dave
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