Practice mode Permutation and Combination

At a meeting, each of 15 people shakes hands once with every other person. How many handshakes take place?

Correct answer A. 105

Explanation

Each handshake involves exactly one pair of people, so the number of handshakes is 15C2 = (15 x 14)/2 = 105.

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