Asked by Hannah Howard
At a party everyone shook hands with everyone exactly once there were a total of 36 handshakes how many people were at t he party
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Answered by
Damon
combinations of n people r at a time
= n!/[ r! (n-r)! ]
n = ?
r = 2
36 = n!/[ 2 (n-2)! ]
72 = n! /(n-2)!
72 = n (n-1) the rest cancels
72 = n^2 -n
n^2 - n - 72 = 0
(n-9)(n+8) = 0
n = 9
= n!/[ r! (n-r)! ]
n = ?
r = 2
36 = n!/[ 2 (n-2)! ]
72 = n! /(n-2)!
72 = n (n-1) the rest cancels
72 = n^2 -n
n^2 - n - 72 = 0
(n-9)(n+8) = 0
n = 9
Answered by
sakshi
combinations of n people r at a time
= n!/[ r! (n-r)! ]
n = ?
r = 2
36 = n!/[ 2 (n-2)! ]
72 = n! /(n-2)!
72 = n (n-1) the rest cancels
72 = n^2 -n
n^2 - n - 72 = 0
(n-9)(n+8) = 0
n = 9
= n!/[ r! (n-r)! ]
n = ?
r = 2
36 = n!/[ 2 (n-2)! ]
72 = n! /(n-2)!
72 = n (n-1) the rest cancels
72 = n^2 -n
n^2 - n - 72 = 0
(n-9)(n+8) = 0
n = 9
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