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If at a party there are a total of 741 handshakes and each person shakes hands with everyone else at the party exactly once how many people are at the party?
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There are five people in a room Each person shakes the hand of every other person exactly once How many handshakes are exchanged?
Everyone shakes hands with 4 other people. Since there are 5 people in the room this would suggest there are 5*4 = 20 handshakes. However, you would then be double counting handshakes: A shaking hands with B and B shaking hands with A is, in reality, only one handshake. Thus there are 5*4/2 = 10 handshakes in all.
There are 3 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
With 3 people, there are only 3 handshakes: AB, AC, and BC. Where it gets interesting is at a party with, say, 10 people ... 45 handshakes. Or in the US Senate when all 100 Senators are present ... 4,950 handshakes.
If there are 8 people at a party and every person shakes hands with everyone else at the party how many handshakes will there be?
There will be 28 handshakes. If you ask each person how many handshakes they had they will tell you 7 making 7 x 8 = 56 handshakes in all. But every hand involves two people, so every handshake has been counted twice, thus there are 56 / 2 = 28 handshakes in all.
If There are 3 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
3. AB, BC and CA.
How many handshakes if 20 people shake hands with every other person in the room?
190
If at a party there are twelve people present Everyone has to shake hands exactly once with every other person How many handshakes are necessary?
Sixty-six unique, distinct handshakes.
there are 3 people at a party if each person mis shake hands with every person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
So, there will be 3 handshakes among the 3 people at the party.
There are five people in a room Each person shakes the hand of every other person exactly once How many handshakes are exchanged?
Everyone shakes hands with 4 other people. Since there are 5 people in the room this would suggest there are 5*4 = 20 handshakes. However, you would then be double counting handshakes: A shaking hands with B and B shaking hands with A is, in reality, only one handshake. Thus there are 5*4/2 = 10 handshakes in all.
There are 3 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
With 3 people, there are only 3 handshakes: AB, AC, and BC. Where it gets interesting is at a party with, say, 10 people ... 45 handshakes. Or in the US Senate when all 100 Senators are present ... 4,950 handshakes.
If there are 8 people at a party and every person shakes hands with everyone else at the party how many handshakes will there be?
There will be 28 handshakes. If you ask each person how many handshakes they had they will tell you 7 making 7 x 8 = 56 handshakes in all. But every hand involves two people, so every handshake has been counted twice, thus there are 56 / 2 = 28 handshakes in all.
There are 6 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
15
How many people would you need to guarantee that there were at least 1000 handshakes?
You could never guarantee 1000 handshakes because the people may choose not to shake hands! If each person did shake hands with everyone else, then 46 people would suffice.
If There are 3 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once how many handshakes will there be?
3. AB, BC and CA.
How many people were at a party if There were 105 handshakes at a party and if each person at the party shook hands with exactly once with every other person.?
15 (15 * 15 - 15)/2 = 105
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if there are 2 people in a room and each one shakes hands once with every other person in the room, how many hand shakes are there?... answer( 1 handshake) pretty easy isn't it? if there are 3 people in a room and everyone shakes hands with everyone else, how many hand shakes are there? answer( three handshakes) now how many handshakes will there be for 5 people in a room? its your time to shyne...
There are 6 people at a party If each person must shake hands with every other person at the party exactly once, how many handshakes will there be?
The first person must shake hands with 5 other people. The next must shake hands with 4 other people, since you exclude the first person. Keep going and you'll find that there will be 5+4+3+2+1=15 handshakes. Numbers like this are called triangular numbers.
How many handshakes if 20 people shake hands with every other person in the room?
190
