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After a meeting, every participant shakes hands with every other participants. If the number of handshakes is 66, find the number of participants in the meeting. - Mathematics and Statistics

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प्रश्न

After a meeting, every participant shakes hands with every other participants. If the number of handshakes is 66, find the number of participants in the meeting.

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उत्तर

Let there be n participants present in the meeting.

A handshake occurs between 2 persons.

∴ Number of handshakes = nC2

Given 66 handshakes were exchanged.

∴ 66 = nC2

∴ 66 = `("n"!)/(2!("n" - 2)!)`

∴ 66 × 2 = `("n"("n" - 1)("n" - 2)!)/(("n" - 2)!)`

∴ 132 = n(n – 1)

∴ n(n – 1) = 12 × 11

Comparing on both sides, we get

n = 12

∴ 12 participants were present at the meeting.

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अध्याय 3 Permutations and Combination
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