Question
At the end of a business conference the ten people
present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether?Solution
ATQ, we can say that Number of people in the conference = 10 Each person shakes hands with others. Total number of handshakes = 10C2 = (10 × 9)/2 = 45 handshakes.
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