You and a roommate are hosting a party. You invite 10 other pairs of roommates. During the party you poll everyone at the party (excluding yourself) and ask how many hands each person shook

Respuesta :

There are 45 handshakes that can be made between 10 people.

According to the given question.

Number of people invited in a party = 10

As we know that

The formula for the number of handshake possible with n people is given by

Number of handshakes = n(n -1)/2

This is because each of the people can shake with n -1 (they would not shake their own hand), and the handshake between two people in not counted twice.

Therefore, the number of hands each person shook

= 10(10 -1)/2

= 10(9)/2

= 45

Hence, there are 45 handshakes that can be made between 10 people.

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