SOLUTION: 5 women and 4 men are at a party. Each person shakes hands with each other person in such a way that no two men shake hands, but each woman shakes hands with each other person,

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Question 1159339: 5 women and 4 men are at a party. Each person shakes hands with each other person in
such a way that no two men shake hands, but each woman shakes hands with each other
person, then how many total handshakes are there?

Answer by ikleyn(52898)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The condition promotes two mutually excluding ideas, simultaneously.


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