Give stream of consciousness and then the final answer. Let us say that a table tennis tournament was going on with knock out terms which means the one who loses the match is out of the tournament. 101 players took part in that tournament. How many matches were played?
Options:
(A) 90 matches
(B) 95 matches
(C) 99 matches
(D) 100 matches
(E) 87 matches

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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D
100 matches. The number of matches will always sum up to one less than the number of players in a knock out tournament. You may calculate it in any manner. Thus 100 matches were playe
The final answer: (D).