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At a volleyball tournament, each team plays exactly once against each other team. Each game has a winning team, which gets

1

point. The losing team gets

0

points. Draws do not occur. In the nal ranking, only one team turns out to have the least number of points (so there is no shared last place). Moreover, each team, except for the team having the least number of points, lost exactly one game against a team that got less points in the final ranking. a) Prove that the number of teams cannot be equal to

6

. b) Show, by providing an example, that the number of teams could be equal to

7

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