Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Handshake Problem

It's been a very very long time. Now I am back again into blogging. Hope I remain interested longer this time. I have something to share with you all:

Imagine there are 'x' no of people in a meeting and they are introduced to each other, i.e. which basically breaks down to the fact that they shake hands. Now the question is if there were a total of 28 distinct shake hands, how many people are there in the meet-up. That is, find 'x'. Post your answers with your explanations in the comments section. I will post the answer tomorrow. All the best ;)

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