easy maths problem please help?
Please be as descriptive as possible showing absolutely ALL working without using trial and error/guess and check. Explain carefully and I will give you 10 points.
In a soccer tournament eight teams play each other once, with two points awarded
for a win, one point for a draw and zero for a loss. How many points must a team
score to ensure that it is in the top four (ie has more points than at least four other
teams)?
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the maximum points which can be earned by a team is 16 while the minimum is 0 . The fourth maximum marks shall be thirteen according to this
and thus 13 thirteen is the minimum marks a team should secure to ensure that it is in the top four
16,15,14,13,12,11,10,09.08,07,06,05,04,03,02,01,00
(maximum) (4th maximum) (minimum)