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Cindy organized a checker tournament for her class. Each player was to play one game against every other player. Eight students signed up to play. How many games did Cindy need to schedule? Show the strategy you would use and your answer.

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Cindy needed to schedule 28 games. You can use combination to calculate the total number of games. There are 8 players and you need to CHOOSE 2 out of the 8. The ...

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