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In a 100 meter race there are 5 Americans and 3 Canadians they all shake each others hands how many handshakes occur?
There are (5 + 3) = 8 total people.
The shaker can be any one of 8 people.
The shakee can be any one of the remaining 7 people.
The total number of handshakes is (8 x 7) = 56 .
But . . .
We can't tell the difference between 'A' shaking 'B's hand, and 'B' shaking 'A's hand. For each
of the 56 possibilities, there's another one of the 56 possibilities that looks identical.
So the number of unique, distinct handshakes, with different pairs of shaker/shakee, is (56/2) = 28 .
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Four people in a room. Each shakes hands with each of the others once. How many handshakes are there?
9 handshakes correct answer is 10
Seve girls arrive at a tea party each of them shakes hands once with each of the others how many handshakes does that make?
21 handshakes
What are some girl handshakes?
Well a lot of girls make up there own handshakes. Like you slap your hands together 2x and then grab each others hands pull them down and say BAM!
How many handshakes are there if 100 people all shake hands?
4950 handshakes, that is the definite answer
Four old friends meet if each one shakes hands with each of the others how many handshakes are altogether?
6
Italian speakers tend to shake hands more frequently than Americans?
yes i thnk
How many handshakes are there if 4 people shake hands?
12
How many handshakes are there if 200 people all shake hands?
4950
At the end of a banquet 5 people shake hands with each other How many handshakes will there be in total?
Each person shakes hands with every other person at the end of the banquet. When person 1 shakes hands with person 2 that constitutes one handshake even though 2 people are involved. So the answer is 10 total handshakes because the 1st person will have 4 total handshakes(because he can't shake hands with himself, he has 4 and not 5 total handshakes), and then the 2nd person will have 3 total handshakes (you wouldn't say 4 handshakes because you've already included the handshake between person 1 & person 2 when calculating the first person's number of shakes) and so on for the remaining 3 people. On paper the math would look like this: 4+3+2+1=10 Alternatively: Each person shakes hands with 4 others so the answer looks like 5x4 = 20; However, in Fred shaking with 4 others, he shakes with Charlie, similarly, in Charlie shaking with 4 others he shakes with Fred. Thus the Fred-Charlie handshake has been counted twice (once by Fred, once by Charlie), as have all the handshakes, thus the answer is: 5x4 / 2 = 10.
How many handshakes would there be if 100 people shook hands?
200? D:
If there are four people in a room and each person shakes hands with each of the others once how many handshakes are there?
6a-b,c,db-c,dc-dd-
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.
