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Question:  The is a meeting organized, every person shake hands with the other only once. if there are 60 shake hands, how many persons are there in the meeting?.



July 07, 2008 06:27:05 #9
 pragyan.anand   Member Since: July 2008    Total Comments: 2 

RE: The is a meeting organized, every person shake hands with the other only once. if there are 60 shake hands, how many persons are there in the meeting?.
 
selecting 2 people at a time from n people can be done in nc2 ways i.e.,n(n-1)/2 ways
                                     =>    n(n-1)/2=60
                                     =>     n is a rational value.......
     

 

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